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What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.
What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.
Acerra always drinks till dawn.
Acerra always drinks till dawn.
Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?
Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?
On painting and fighting looke aloofe.
On painting and fighting looke aloofe.
Hee that dines and leaves, layes the cloth twice.
Hee that dines and leaves, layes the cloth twice.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
That father perished at the stake
For tenets he would not forsake.
That father perished at the stake
For tenets he would not forsake.
He that hath a mouth of his owne, must not say to another; Blow.
He that hath a mouth of his owne, must not say to another; Blow.
Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.
Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.