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The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the
deede, the French after the deede.
The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the
deede, the French after the deede.
Love and businesse teach eloquence.
Love and businesse teach eloquence.
The soule needs few things, the body many.
The soule needs few things, the body many.
You may suppress natural propensities by force, but they will be
certain to re-appear.
You may suppress natural propensities by force, but they will be
certain to re-appear.
Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.
Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.
A beane in liberty is better then a comfit in prison.
A beane in liberty is better then a comfit in prison.
The peasant thanked her with their tears,
When food and clothes were given;
"This is a joy," read more
The peasant thanked her with their tears,
When food and clothes were given;
"This is a joy," the lady said,
"Saints cannot taste in heaven."
'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
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'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
Of darken'd forms and faces.
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
