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New customs,
Though they be never so ridiculous,
(Nay, let 'em be unmanly), yet are followed.
New customs,
Though they be never so ridiculous,
(Nay, let 'em be unmanly), yet are followed.
Wisely, I say, I am a bachelor.
Wisely, I say, I am a bachelor.
The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one
difficulty involves us in another.
The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one
difficulty involves us in another.
Let not our proposal be disregarded on the score of our youth.
Let not our proposal be disregarded on the score of our youth.
Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
Some evils are cured by contempt.
Some evils are cured by contempt.
Her grief is real who grieves when no one is by.
Her grief is real who grieves when no one is by.
He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]
He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]
Two ill meales make the third a glutton.
Two ill meales make the third a glutton.