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It is easy to be wise after the event.
It is easy to be wise after the event.
Bee not a Baker, if your head be of butter.
Bee not a Baker, if your head be of butter.
Ah, happy years, once more who would not be a boy!
Ah, happy years, once more who would not be a boy!
Shee spins well that breedes her children.
Shee spins well that breedes her children.
A litle wind kindles; much puts out the fire.
[A little wind kindles; much puts out the fire.]
A litle wind kindles; much puts out the fire.
[A little wind kindles; much puts out the fire.]
Can heavenly breasts such stormy passions feel?
Can heavenly breasts such stormy passions feel?
In great pedigrees there are Governours and Chandlers.
In great pedigrees there are Governours and Chandlers.
A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in read more
A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong.
Was everything by starts, and nothing long;
But in the course of one revolving moon,
Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon.
