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Marry your sonne when you will; your daughter when you can.
Marry your sonne when you will; your daughter when you can.
Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.
Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.
Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.
Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.
For glances beget ogles, ogles sighs,
Sighs wishes, wishes words, and words a letter.
For glances beget ogles, ogles sighs,
Sighs wishes, wishes words, and words a letter.
Concealed sorrow bursts the heart, and rages within us as an
internal fire.
Concealed sorrow bursts the heart, and rages within us as an
internal fire.
By flying, men often rush into the midst of calamities.
By flying, men often rush into the midst of calamities.
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.
It is a great victory that comes without blood.
It is a great victory that comes without blood.
The love of popularity holds you in a vice.
The love of popularity holds you in a vice.