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I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of
Arabia.
I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of
Arabia.
Amid the roses fierce Repentance rears
Her snaky crest.
Amid the roses fierce Repentance rears
Her snaky crest.
He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]
He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]
Make hay while the sun shines.
Make hay while the sun shines.
He that is not in the warres is not out of danger.
He that is not in the warres is not out of danger.
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.
Faire is not faire, but that which pleaseth.
Faire is not faire, but that which pleaseth.
He blames Neptune unjustly who twice suffers shipwreck.
He blames Neptune unjustly who twice suffers shipwreck.
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
