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Lightning strikes the tops of the mountains.
Lightning strikes the tops of the mountains.
There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse
of brain, says the Spaniard.
There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse
of brain, says the Spaniard.
War with vices, but peace with individuals.
War with vices, but peace with individuals.
Hee that lookes not before, finds himselfe behind.
Hee that lookes not before, finds himselfe behind.
The face, not the woman is the attraction.
The face, not the woman is the attraction.
The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.
The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.
Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.
Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may read more
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.
Oh Ignorance
Thou art fall'n man's best friend!
Oh Ignorance
Thou art fall'n man's best friend!
