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That which I just now gave, I recall, and draw back the string.
That which I just now gave, I recall, and draw back the string.
What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.
What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.
Novelty in all things is charming.
Novelty in all things is charming.
To buy deare is not bounty.
To buy deare is not bounty.
I wont let a wife lead me to the altar. [I will not have a wife
that shall be read more
I wont let a wife lead me to the altar. [I will not have a wife
that shall be my master.]
Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
I too am not powerless, and my weapons strike hard.
I too am not powerless, and my weapons strike hard.
But he, whose humours spurn law's awful yoke,
Must herd with those, by whom law's bonds are broke.
But he, whose humours spurn law's awful yoke,
Must herd with those, by whom law's bonds are broke.
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.