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Some falls the means are happier to rise.
Some falls the means are happier to rise.
Words pay no debts.
Words pay no debts.
Great wit to madness sure is near allied,
And thin partitions do their bounds divide.
Great wit to madness sure is near allied,
And thin partitions do their bounds divide.
The Reverend are ever before.
The Reverend are ever before.
A gift in time of need is most acceptable.
A gift in time of need is most acceptable.
Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]
Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]
O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
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.
