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He that seekes trouble never misses.
[He that seeks trouble never misses.]
He that seekes trouble never misses.
[He that seeks trouble never misses.]
Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done,
Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won.
Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done,
Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won.
Faults are committed within the walls of Troy and also without.
[There is fault on both sides.]
Faults are committed within the walls of Troy and also without.
[There is fault on both sides.]
Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes.
Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes.
In war, hunting, and love, men for one pleasure a thousand
griefes prove.
In war, hunting, and love, men for one pleasure a thousand
griefes prove.
He that is not in the warres is not out of danger.
He that is not in the warres is not out of danger.
Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.
Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.
Dull not device by coldness and delay.
Dull not device by coldness and delay.
I have raised for myself a monument more durable than brass.
I have raised for myself a monument more durable than brass.