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The tooth-ach is more ease then to deale with ill people.
The tooth-ach is more ease then to deale with ill people.
I will be correspondent to command.
I will be correspondent to command.
With bated breath we offer wicked vows.
With bated breath we offer wicked vows.
Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.
Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.
But what avail'd this temperance, not complete
Against another object more enticing?
But what avail'd this temperance, not complete
Against another object more enticing?
Valour that parlies is neare yeelding.
Valour that parlies is neare yeelding.
A sword laid by,
Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously.
A sword laid by,
Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously.
Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.
Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.
It is peculiarly a fool's habit to discern the faults of others,
and to forget his own.
It is peculiarly a fool's habit to discern the faults of others,
and to forget his own.
