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O that Jupiter would but bring back to me the years that have
passed!
O that Jupiter would but bring back to me the years that have
passed!
Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.
Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts.
[Fr., La parole a ete donnce a l'homme pour deguiser read more
Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts.
[Fr., La parole a ete donnce a l'homme pour deguiser sa pensee.]
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.
The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he;
His time is spent, our pilgrimage must be.
The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he;
His time is spent, our pilgrimage must be.
They that are booted are not alwaies ready.
They that are booted are not alwaies ready.
Hee that lies long a bed, his estate feeles it.
Hee that lies long a bed, his estate feeles it.
