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Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age,
nor the advance of death, which cannot be read more
Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age,
nor the advance of death, which cannot be resisted.
Every thing is of use to a houskeeper.
Every thing is of use to a houskeeper.
Nothing lasts but the Church.
Nothing lasts but the Church.
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness.
In man's most dark extremity
Oft succor dawns from Heaven.
In man's most dark extremity
Oft succor dawns from Heaven.
He enters the port with a full sail.
He enters the port with a full sail.
Something must be allowed to custom.
Something must be allowed to custom.
Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.
Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.
