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When the mischief is done the door is shut.
When the mischief is done the door is shut.
In sports and journeys men are knowne.
In sports and journeys men are knowne.
You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
The shortest follies are the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]
The shortest follies are the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]
Wine is a turne-coate (first a friend, then an enemy).
Wine is a turne-coate (first a friend, then an enemy).
Catch, then, O catch the transient hour;
Improve each moment as it flies!
Catch, then, O catch the transient hour;
Improve each moment as it flies!
He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
Marry, this is the short and the long of it.
Marry, this is the short and the long of it.
