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Begging a courtesy is selling liberty.
Begging a courtesy is selling liberty.
Hee stands not surely, that never slips.
Hee stands not surely, that never slips.
A man that keeps riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that
carries gold and eats thistles.
A man that keeps riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that
carries gold and eats thistles.
An honest tale speeds best being plainly told.
An honest tale speeds best being plainly told.
What's done cannot be undone.
What's done cannot be undone.
Death rides on every passing breeze,
He lurks in every flower.
Death rides on every passing breeze,
He lurks in every flower.
Who that has reason, and his smell,
Would not among roses and jasmin dwell?
Who that has reason, and his smell,
Would not among roses and jasmin dwell?
Virtue alone is happiness below.
Virtue alone is happiness below.
O that Jupiter would but bring back to me the years that have
passed!
O that Jupiter would but bring back to me the years that have
passed!
