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The wolfe eats oft of the sheep that have been warn'd.
The wolfe eats oft of the sheep that have been warn'd.
He blames Neptune unjustly who twice suffers shipwreck.
He blames Neptune unjustly who twice suffers shipwreck.
So obliging that he ne'er obliged.
So obliging that he ne'er obliged.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
He that is at ease seekes dainties.
He that is at ease seekes dainties.
There is an order
Of mortals on the earth, who do become
Old in their youth, and read more
There is an order
Of mortals on the earth, who do become
Old in their youth, and die ere middle age.
Craft against craft makes no living.
Craft against craft makes no living.
That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.
That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.
There is more of bitterness than good nature in him.
There is more of bitterness than good nature in him.