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A wise man does nothing by constraint.
A wise man does nothing by constraint.
That father perished at the stake
For tenets he would not forsake.
That father perished at the stake
For tenets he would not forsake.
That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.
That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.
Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?
Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?
The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to
Vespasian's tax on ordure.]
The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to
Vespasian's tax on ordure.]
Every one stretcheth his legges according to his coverlet.
[Every one stretches his legs according to his coverlet.]
Every one stretcheth his legges according to his coverlet.
[Every one stretches his legs according to his coverlet.]
Unto the pure all things are pure.
Unto the pure all things are pure.
It is good to have some friends both in heaven and hell.
It is good to have some friends both in heaven and hell.
