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All our pompe the earth covers.
All our pompe the earth covers.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
We are slow to believe that which, if true, would grieve us.
We are slow to believe that which, if true, would grieve us.
Prevention is better than cure.
Prevention is better than cure.
With but a plank between them and their fate.
With but a plank between them and their fate.
For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.
For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.
The Smith and his penny both are black.
The Smith and his penny both are black.
With winsome cruelty she refuses.
With winsome cruelty she refuses.
