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Hier lies that should fetch a perfect woman over the coles.
Hier lies that should fetch a perfect woman over the coles.
Desiring things widely different for their various tastes.
Desiring things widely different for their various tastes.
Defer not till to-morrow to be wise,
To-morrow's sun to thee may never rise.
Defer not till to-morrow to be wise,
To-morrow's sun to thee may never rise.
A full belly neither fights nor flies well.
A full belly neither fights nor flies well.
I follow him, to serve my turn upon him.
I follow him, to serve my turn upon him.
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king read more
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king so strong
Can tie the gall up in the slanderous tongue?
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
And from his ashes may be made
The violet of his native land.
And from his ashes may be made
The violet of his native land.
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.