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All was false and hollow, though his tongue
Dropt manna, and could make the worst appear
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All was false and hollow, though his tongue
Dropt manna, and could make the worst appear
The better reason.
A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
Pleasure bought with pain does harm.
Pleasure bought with pain does harm.
I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]
I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]
You may be on land, yet not in a garden.
You may be on land, yet not in a garden.
In chusing a wife, and buying a sword, we ought not to trust
another.
In chusing a wife, and buying a sword, we ought not to trust
another.
He that is once borne, once must dy.
He that is once borne, once must dy.
The shadow of a mighty name.
The shadow of a mighty name.
Wine that cost nothing is digested before it be drunke.
Wine that cost nothing is digested before it be drunke.