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Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.
Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
They kindly leave us, but not quite alone,
But in good company, the gout or stone.
They kindly leave us, but not quite alone,
But in good company, the gout or stone.
No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing
misfortune to another.
No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing
misfortune to another.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
We take no note of time
But from its loss.
We take no note of time
But from its loss.
The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]
The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]
He that sowes trusts in God.
He that sowes trusts in God.
