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He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.
He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto
those that be of heavy hearts.
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto
those that be of heavy hearts.
Time flies never to be recalled.
Time flies never to be recalled.
Not treasured wealth, nor the consul's lictor, can dispel the
mind's bitter conflicts and the cares that flit, like read more
Not treasured wealth, nor the consul's lictor, can dispel the
mind's bitter conflicts and the cares that flit, like bats, about
your fretted roofs.
Criticks are like brushers of Noblemens cloaths.
Criticks are like brushers of Noblemens cloaths.
Fooles bite one another, but wise-men agree together.
Fooles bite one another, but wise-men agree together.
A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.
A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.
It is sheer folly to tear the hair in grief as if sorrow could be
cured by baldness.
It is sheer folly to tear the hair in grief as if sorrow could be
cured by baldness.
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
