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You stick in the same mire.
You stick in the same mire.
To wish to be cured is half way towards cure.
To wish to be cured is half way towards cure.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
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Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
And some condemned for a fault alone.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
The cholerick man never wants woe.
The cholerick man never wants woe.
The March sunne raises but dissolves not.
The March sunne raises but dissolves not.
Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]
Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]
A hand may first, and then a lip be kiss'd.
A hand may first, and then a lip be kiss'd.
