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When one is on horsebacke hee knowes all things.
When one is on horsebacke hee knowes all things.
O I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part, sir,
of myself, and what remains is read more
O I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part, sir,
of myself, and what remains is bestial.
To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.
To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
He that staies does the businesse.
He that staies does the businesse.
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.
The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet.
The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet.
Advise none to marry or goe to warre.
Advise none to marry or goe to warre.