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He is a fool who thinks by force or skill,
To turn the current of a woman's will.
He is a fool who thinks by force or skill,
To turn the current of a woman's will.
Let nothing offensive to the ear or the eye enter these
thresholds, within which youth dwells.
Let nothing offensive to the ear or the eye enter these
thresholds, within which youth dwells.
Words pay no debts.
Words pay no debts.
The thorne comes forth with the point forwards.
The thorne comes forth with the point forwards.
A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in read more
A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong.
Was everything by starts, and nothing long;
But in the course of one revolving moon,
Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon.
He that can make a fire well, can end a quarrell.
He that can make a fire well, can end a quarrell.
Litle stickes kindle the fire; great ones put it out.
Litle stickes kindle the fire; great ones put it out.
All are presumed good, till they are found in a fault.
All are presumed good, till they are found in a fault.
So live with an inferior as you would wish a superior to live
with you.
So live with an inferior as you would wish a superior to live
with you.