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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.
Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
Hee that will deceive the fox, must rise betimes.
Hee that will deceive the fox, must rise betimes.
A woman and a glasse are ever in danger.
[A woman and a glass are ever in danger.]
A woman and a glasse are ever in danger.
[A woman and a glass are ever in danger.]
By looking at squinting people you learn to squint.
By looking at squinting people you learn to squint.
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
On with the dance, let joy be unconfined.
On with the dance, let joy be unconfined.
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
Who teacheth often learns himself.
Who teacheth often learns himself.
