The shortest follies are the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]

The shortest follies are the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]

Do what you should, not what you may.

Do what you should, not what you may.

Never was anything so inconsistent.

Never was anything so inconsistent.

And gentle Dulness ever loves a joke.

And gentle Dulness ever loves a joke.

A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman
are alike.

A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman
are alike.

Wherein is the use of getting rid of one thorn out of many?

Wherein is the use of getting rid of one thorn out of many?

The beades in the Hand, and the Divell in Capuch (or cape of the
cloak).

The beades in the Hand, and the Divell in Capuch (or cape of the
cloak).

Grief brims itself and flows away in tears.

Grief brims itself and flows away in tears.

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
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