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The slothful is the servant of the counters.
The slothful is the servant of the counters.
Follow not truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth.
Follow not truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth.
Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.
Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Who that has reason, and his smell,
Would not among roses and jasmin dwell?
Who that has reason, and his smell,
Would not among roses and jasmin dwell?
No money, no Swiss.
[Fr., Point d'argent, point de Suisse.]
No money, no Swiss.
[Fr., Point d'argent, point de Suisse.]
For 'tis not good that children should know any wickedness.
For 'tis not good that children should know any wickedness.
My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.
My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.
Alas! sir,
In what have I offended you? What cause
Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure?
Alas! sir,
In what have I offended you? What cause
Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure?
