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I have cut my leg with my own adze.
I have cut my leg with my own adze.
By doing nothing we learne to do ill.
By doing nothing we learne to do ill.
Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
Who will sell the Cow, must say the word.
Who will sell the Cow, must say the word.
Once let good faith be abandoned, and all social existence would
perish.
Once let good faith be abandoned, and all social existence would
perish.
Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.
Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.
Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.
Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.
Good Americans when they die go to Paris.
Good Americans when they die go to Paris.
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.