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Experience teaches.
[Lat., Experientia docet.]
Experience teaches.
[Lat., Experientia docet.]
Blow, blow, thou winter wind,
Thou art not so unkind
As man's ingratitude:
Thy read more
Blow, blow, thou winter wind,
Thou art not so unkind
As man's ingratitude:
Thy tooth is not so keen,
Because thou art not seen,
Although thy breath be rude.
Wouldst thou, or thou,
Forego what's now,
For all that hope may say?
No--joy's read more
Wouldst thou, or thou,
Forego what's now,
For all that hope may say?
No--joy's reply,
From every eye,
Is, "Live we while we may."
To taste many things bespeaks but a poor appetite. [To engage in
a multiplicity of studies shows but a read more
To taste many things bespeaks but a poor appetite. [To engage in
a multiplicity of studies shows but a weak mind.]
The plant often removed cannot thrive.
The plant often removed cannot thrive.
Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
In life you lov'd me not, in death you bewaile me.
In life you lov'd me not, in death you bewaile me.
Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.
Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.
Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent
are punished and the wicked escape.]
Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent
are punished and the wicked escape.]