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The grief of an heir is only masked laughter.
The grief of an heir is only masked laughter.
My sister and my sister's child,
Myself and children three,
Will fill the chaise: so you must read more
My sister and my sister's child,
Myself and children three,
Will fill the chaise: so you must ride
On horseback after me.
You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
Out of breath to no possible purpose; in attempting everything,
doing nothing.
Out of breath to no possible purpose; in attempting everything,
doing nothing.
He that pitties another, remembers himselfe.
He that pitties another, remembers himselfe.
Love makes a good eye squint.
Love makes a good eye squint.
Don't long for the unripe grape.
Don't long for the unripe grape.
Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
He will be the last to discover the disgrace of his house.
He will be the last to discover the disgrace of his house.
