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But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
He that will take the bird, must not skare it.
He that will take the bird, must not skare it.
In life you lov'd me not, in death you bewaile me.
In life you lov'd me not, in death you bewaile me.
What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.
What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.
Those presents are the most acceptable which are enhanced by our
regard for the donor.
Those presents are the most acceptable which are enhanced by our
regard for the donor.
The Fox knowes much, but more he that catcheth him.
The Fox knowes much, but more he that catcheth him.
No money, no Swiss.
[Fr., Point d'argent, point de Suisse.]
No money, no Swiss.
[Fr., Point d'argent, point de Suisse.]
She only is chaste, who is chaste where there is no danger of
detection: she who does not, because read more
She only is chaste, who is chaste where there is no danger of
detection: she who does not, because she may not, does.
Be this our wall of brass, to be conscious of having done no
evil, and to grow pale at read more
Be this our wall of brass, to be conscious of having done no
evil, and to grow pale at no accusation.
