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A man is known to be mortal by two things, Sleep and Lust.
A man is known to be mortal by two things, Sleep and Lust.
Avoid delays: procrastination always does harm.
Avoid delays: procrastination always does harm.
Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.
Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means read more
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means of attack, the other as a means
of defence.
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
Hee commands enough that obeyes a wise man.
Hee commands enough that obeyes a wise man.
Ah, happy years, once more who would not be a boy!
Ah, happy years, once more who would not be a boy!
