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All our sweetest hours fly fastest.
All our sweetest hours fly fastest.
The Cow knowes not what her taile is worth, till she have lost
it.
The Cow knowes not what her taile is worth, till she have lost
it.
Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.
Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.
He that hath a head of waxe must not walke in the sunne.
He that hath a head of waxe must not walke in the sunne.
Gifts enter every where without a wimble.
Gifts enter every where without a wimble.
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some read more
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some dang'rous taint they bear;
So roses grow on thorns, and honey wears a sting.
This is the real secret of all that indignation.
This is the real secret of all that indignation.
No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his
duty to avoid.
No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his
duty to avoid.
The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror.
The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror.