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At Length the Fox turnes Monk.
At Length the Fox turnes Monk.
Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.
Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.
We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]
The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]
Much will always wanting be
To him who much desires.
Much will always wanting be
To him who much desires.
Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.
Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.
They condemn that which they cannot comprehend.
They condemn that which they cannot comprehend.
That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.
That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.