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For many are called, but few are chosen.
For many are called, but few are chosen.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
The act is judged of by the event.
The act is judged of by the event.
No herb can remedy the anguish of love.
No herb can remedy the anguish of love.
The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from
heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of read more
The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from
heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of those who covet nothing.
[Lat., Quanto quisque sibi plura negaverit,
A dis plura feret. Nil cupientium
Nudus castra peto.]
If Jack's in love, he's no judge of Jill's beauty.
If Jack's in love, he's no judge of Jill's beauty.
There is an order
Of mortals on the earth, who do become
Old in their youth, and read more
There is an order
Of mortals on the earth, who do become
Old in their youth, and die ere middle age.
A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
Such crimes has superstition caused.
Such crimes has superstition caused.
