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This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.
This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.
It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own
impetuosity.
It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own
impetuosity.
He that hath no hony in his pot, let him have it in his mouth.
He that hath no hony in his pot, let him have it in his mouth.
The net is not spread for the hawk or the kite.
The net is not spread for the hawk or the kite.
Once a yeare a man may say: On his conscience.
Once a yeare a man may say: On his conscience.
No scene of mortal life but teems with mortal woe.
No scene of mortal life but teems with mortal woe.
To be too busie gets contempt.
To be too busie gets contempt.
Experience teaches.
[Lat., Experientia docet.]
Experience teaches.
[Lat., Experientia docet.]
With the arm which won the victory he protects the vanquished.
With the arm which won the victory he protects the vanquished.