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All our pompe the earth covers.
All our pompe the earth covers.
Let but the hours of idleness cease, and the bow of Cupid will
become broken and his torch extinguished.
Let but the hours of idleness cease, and the bow of Cupid will
become broken and his torch extinguished.
The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
The day is short, the work is much.
The day is short, the work is much.
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.
A sword laid by,
Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously.
A sword laid by,
Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously.
He that is robb'd, not wanting what is stolen,
Let him not know it, and he's not robb'd at read more
He that is robb'd, not wanting what is stolen,
Let him not know it, and he's not robb'd at all.
He that praiseth himselfe spattereth himselfe.
He that praiseth himselfe spattereth himselfe.
By heaven you have destroyed me, my friends!
By heaven you have destroyed me, my friends!