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The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.
The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.
Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.
Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.
We are born poets. we become orators.
We are born poets. we become orators.
A man is known to be mortal by two things, Sleep and Lust.
A man is known to be mortal by two things, Sleep and Lust.
What sweeter gift from nature has fallen to the lot of man than
his children?
What sweeter gift from nature has fallen to the lot of man than
his children?
Joking apart, now let us be serious.
Joking apart, now let us be serious.
He is a fool who thinks by force or skill,
To turn the current of a woman's will.
He is a fool who thinks by force or skill,
To turn the current of a woman's will.
