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The masters eye fattens the horse, and his foote the ground.
The masters eye fattens the horse, and his foote the ground.
The roses in thy lips and cheeks shall fade
To paly ashes.
The roses in thy lips and cheeks shall fade
To paly ashes.
Fill the cup and fill the can,
Have a rouse before the morn;
Every minute dies a read more
Fill the cup and fill the can,
Have a rouse before the morn;
Every minute dies a man,
Every minute one is born.
An old mans staffe is the rapper of deaths doore.
An old mans staffe is the rapper of deaths doore.
He that cockers his child, provides for his enemie.
He that cockers his child, provides for his enemie.
Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.
Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.
Into a mouth shut flies flie not.
Into a mouth shut flies flie not.
Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of.
Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of.
The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from
heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of read more
The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from
heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of those who covet nothing.
[Lat., Quanto quisque sibi plura negaverit,
A dis plura feret. Nil cupientium
Nudus castra peto.]
