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Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it
were not begun on particular ends, it read more
Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it
were not begun on particular ends, it would last).
Too much of anything is bad.
Too much of anything is bad.
Don't shit on your own doorstep.
Don't shit on your own doorstep.
Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.
Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.
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.
A house and a woman sute excellently.
A house and a woman sute excellently.
The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.
The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.
Covetousnesse breaks the bag.
Covetousnesse breaks the bag.
Retirement without literary amusements is death itself, and a
living tomb.
Retirement without literary amusements is death itself, and a
living tomb.