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Time rolls on, and we grow old with silent years.
Time rolls on, and we grow old with silent years.
That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.
That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.
You will be melancholy, if you are solitary.
You will be melancholy, if you are solitary.
He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.
He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.
The scalded head feares cold water.
The scalded head feares cold water.
Experience teaches.
[Lat., Experientia docet.]
Experience teaches.
[Lat., Experientia docet.]
Gaming, women, and wine, while they laugh they make men pine.
Gaming, women, and wine, while they laugh they make men pine.
My conscience hath a thousand several tongues,
And every tongue brings in a several tale,
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My conscience hath a thousand several tongues,
And every tongue brings in a several tale,
And every tale condemns me for a villain.
The vulgar follow Fortune's glances.
The vulgar follow Fortune's glances.