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The effect speakes, the tongue needes not.
The effect speakes, the tongue needes not.
He that is once borne, once must dy.
He that is once borne, once must dy.
If folly were griefe every house would weepe.
If folly were griefe every house would weepe.
The mill cannot grind with water that's past.
The mill cannot grind with water that's past.
It a wretched thing to suffer at the hand of one of whom we
cannot complain.
It a wretched thing to suffer at the hand of one of whom we
cannot complain.
Man proposes, and God disposes.
[It., Ordina l'uomo, e dio dispone.]
Man proposes, and God disposes.
[It., Ordina l'uomo, e dio dispone.]
There are words and accents by which this grief can be assuaged,
and the disease in a great measure read more
There are words and accents by which this grief can be assuaged,
and the disease in a great measure removed.
Sceptre and crown must tumble down
And in the dust be equal made
With the poor crooked read more
Sceptre and crown must tumble down
And in the dust be equal made
With the poor crooked scythe and spade.