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It is engendered in the eyes;
By gazing fed; and fancy dies
In the cradle where it read more
It is engendered in the eyes;
By gazing fed; and fancy dies
In the cradle where it lies.
The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he;
His time is spent, our pilgrimage must be.
The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he;
His time is spent, our pilgrimage must be.
If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare.
If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare.
He who wishes to injure another, will soon find a pretext.
He who wishes to injure another, will soon find a pretext.
Comparisons are odious.
Comparisons are odious.
He stands the shadow of a mighty name.
[Lat., Stat magni nominis umbra.]
He stands the shadow of a mighty name.
[Lat., Stat magni nominis umbra.]
There is a medium in all things. There are certain limits
beyond, or within which, that which is right read more
There is a medium in all things. There are certain limits
beyond, or within which, that which is right cannot exist.
I have cut my leg with my own adze.
I have cut my leg with my own adze.
