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He that makes his bed ill, lies there.
He that makes his bed ill, lies there.
For night owls shriek where mounting larks should sing.
For night owls shriek where mounting larks should sing.
I'll have a fling.
I'll have a fling.
 Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
 Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
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 Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
 Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
  [Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
   Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.] 
All powerful is the rule of fashion.
All powerful is the rule of fashion.
The best things in life are free.
The best things in life are free.
Take the goods the gods provide thee.
Take the goods the gods provide thee.
 Retirement without literary amusements is death itself, and a 
living tomb.  
 Retirement without literary amusements is death itself, and a 
living tomb. 
 Chuse not an house neere an lnne (viz. for noise) or in a corner 
(for filth).  
 Chuse not an house neere an lnne (viz. for noise) or in a corner 
(for filth).