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Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
We Batchelors laugh and shew our teeth, but you married men laugh
till your hearts ake.
We Batchelors laugh and shew our teeth, but you married men laugh
till your hearts ake.
Take away her rewards, and who will ever clasp naked Virtue to
his bosom?
Take away her rewards, and who will ever clasp naked Virtue to
his bosom?
One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
Working and making a fire doth discretion require.
Working and making a fire doth discretion require.
A gentlemans grayhound, and a salt-box; seeke them at the fire.
A gentlemans grayhound, and a salt-box; seeke them at the fire.
Who overcomes
By force, hath overcome but half his foe.
Who overcomes
By force, hath overcome but half his foe.
