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Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
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Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
But where unbruised youth with unstuffed brain
Doth couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign.
A good prayer is master of anothers purse.
A good prayer is master of anothers purse.
Talke much and erre much, saies the Spanyard.
Talke much and erre much, saies the Spanyard.
In war, hunting, and love, men for one pleasure a thousand
griefes prove.
In war, hunting, and love, men for one pleasure a thousand
griefes prove.
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful.
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful.
Stolen kisses are always sweeter.
Stolen kisses are always sweeter.
All that's bright must fade,--
The brightest still the fleetest;
All that's sweet was made
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All that's bright must fade,--
The brightest still the fleetest;
All that's sweet was made
But to be lost when sweetest.
The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.
The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.
In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.
In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.