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An oath that is not to bee made is not to be kept.
An oath that is not to bee made is not to be kept.
The man that heweth over high,
Some chip falleth in his eye.
The man that heweth over high,
Some chip falleth in his eye.
The faults of our neighbours with freedom we blame,
But tax not ourselves, though we practise the same.
The faults of our neighbours with freedom we blame,
But tax not ourselves, though we practise the same.
We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.
To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.
Novelty in all things is charming.
Novelty in all things is charming.
Here beauty hangs upon the cheek of night,
Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear.
Here beauty hangs upon the cheek of night,
Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear.
Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so
will pains.
Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so
will pains.