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An old mans staffe is the rapper of deaths doore.
An old mans staffe is the rapper of deaths doore.
At lovers' perjuries,
They say Jove laughs.
At lovers' perjuries,
They say Jove laughs.
The tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.
The tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.
In doing nothing men learn to do evil.
In doing nothing men learn to do evil.
A crime in which many are implicated goes unpunished.
A crime in which many are implicated goes unpunished.
He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his
love of possessing wealth.
He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his
love of possessing wealth.
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
Content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches
into gold.
Content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches
into gold.
Do not expect good from another's death.
Do not expect good from another's death.
