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Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.
Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.
Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more.
Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more.
Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better
able to bear your own.
Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better
able to bear your own.
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers.
Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers.
It adds to the glory both of soule and body.
It adds to the glory both of soule and body.
You must loose a flie to catch a trout.
[You must lose a fly to catch a trout.]
You must loose a flie to catch a trout.
[You must lose a fly to catch a trout.]
It is sheer folly to tear the hair in grief as if sorrow could be
cured by baldness.
It is sheer folly to tear the hair in grief as if sorrow could be
cured by baldness.
