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Time stoops to no man's lure.
Time stoops to no man's lure.
There is no reliance to be placed on appearance.
There is no reliance to be placed on appearance.
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.
Something must be allowed to custom.
Something must be allowed to custom.
Man proposes, and God disposes.
[It., Ordina l'uomo, e dio dispone.]
Man proposes, and God disposes.
[It., Ordina l'uomo, e dio dispone.]
We frolic while 'tis May.
We frolic while 'tis May.
In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.
In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
Beare with evill, and expect good.
Beare with evill, and expect good.