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Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.
Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.
A tigress, robb'd of young, a lioness,
Or other interesting beast of prey,
Are similes at hand read more
A tigress, robb'd of young, a lioness,
Or other interesting beast of prey,
Are similes at hand for the distress
Of ladies who cannot have their own way.
All is well ended, if the suit be won.
All is well ended, if the suit be won.
His sickness increases from the remedies applied to cure it.
His sickness increases from the remedies applied to cure it.
Employ thy time well if thou meanest to get leisure.
Employ thy time well if thou meanest to get leisure.
Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.
Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.
As dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to this folly.
As dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to this folly.
