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A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.
A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.
Catch, then, O catch the transient hour;
Improve each moment as it flies!
Catch, then, O catch the transient hour;
Improve each moment as it flies!
Idle people have the least leisure.
Idle people have the least leisure.
Buy at a faire, but sell at home.
Buy at a faire, but sell at home.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
Were there no fooles, badd ware would not passe.
Were there no fooles, badd ware would not passe.
The cask will long retain the flavour of the wine with which it
was first seasoned.
The cask will long retain the flavour of the wine with which it
was first seasoned.
Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!
Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!
Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.
Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.
