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Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.
Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.
It is difficult to fly without wings.
It is difficult to fly without wings.
That which I just now gave, I recall, and draw back the string.
That which I just now gave, I recall, and draw back the string.
Deceive not thy Physitian, Confessor, nor Lawyer.
Deceive not thy Physitian, Confessor, nor Lawyer.
His golden locks time hath to silver turned,
O time too swift! O swiftness never ceasing!
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His golden locks time hath to silver turned,
O time too swift! O swiftness never ceasing!
His youth 'gainst Time and Age hath ever spurned,
But spurned in vain! Youth waneth by increasing.
He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others.
[Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.]
He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others.
[Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.]
A great dowry is a bed full of brables.
A great dowry is a bed full of brables.
Idleness ruins the constitution.
Idleness ruins the constitution.
We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.
We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.
