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Comparisons are odious.
Comparisons are odious.
There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
Speake not of a dead man at the table.
Speake not of a dead man at the table.
If great men would have care of little ones, both would last
long.
If great men would have care of little ones, both would last
long.
He warmes too neere that burnes.
He warmes too neere that burnes.
Not treasured wealth, nor the consul's lictor, can dispel the
mind's bitter conflicts and the cares that flit, like read more
Not treasured wealth, nor the consul's lictor, can dispel the
mind's bitter conflicts and the cares that flit, like bats, about
your fretted roofs.
Two other precious drops that ready stood,
Each, in their crystal sluice, he ere they fell
Kiss'd.
Two other precious drops that ready stood,
Each, in their crystal sluice, he ere they fell
Kiss'd.
None saies his Garner is full.
None saies his Garner is full.
Never morning wore
To evening, but some heart did break.
Never morning wore
To evening, but some heart did break.