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One flower makes no garland.
One flower makes no garland.
Revenge and wrong bring forth their kind;
The foul cubs like their parents are.
Revenge and wrong bring forth their kind;
The foul cubs like their parents are.
The Germans wit is in his fingers.
The Germans wit is in his fingers.
I am sure care's an enemy to life.
I am sure care's an enemy to life.
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
Life is halfe spent before we know what it is.
Life is halfe spent before we know what it is.
Hee begins to die, that quits his desires.
Hee begins to die, that quits his desires.
Give me the soft sigh, whilst the soul-telling eye
Is dimm'd for a time with a tear.
Give me the soft sigh, whilst the soul-telling eye
Is dimm'd for a time with a tear.
