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The quarrels of lovers lead but to the renewal of love.
The quarrels of lovers lead but to the renewal of love.
Valour that parlies is neare yeelding.
Valour that parlies is neare yeelding.
Better fed than taught.
Better fed than taught.
Hee that lives ill, feare followes him.
Hee that lives ill, feare followes him.
The clown waits for the river to run itself dry. [Crossing
Cheapside.]
The clown waits for the river to run itself dry. [Crossing
Cheapside.]
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may read more
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.
Novelty in all things is charming.
Novelty in all things is charming.
Take all the swift advantage of the hours.
Take all the swift advantage of the hours.
The Smith and his penny both are black.
The Smith and his penny both are black.
