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Whom has not the inspiring bowl made eloquent?
[Lat., Foecundi calices quem non fecere disertum.]
Whom has not the inspiring bowl made eloquent?
[Lat., Foecundi calices quem non fecere disertum.]
With winsome cruelty she refuses.
With winsome cruelty she refuses.
What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?
What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?
Nought so vile, that on the earth doth live,
But to the earth some special good cloth give.
Nought so vile, that on the earth doth live,
But to the earth some special good cloth give.
Harp not on that string, madam; that is past.
Harp not on that string, madam; that is past.
There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
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There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
Keepe good men company, and you shall be of the number.
Keepe good men company, and you shall be of the number.
In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.
In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.
Woe to the house where there is no chiding.
Woe to the house where there is no chiding.