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They kindly leave us, but not quite alone,
But in good company, the gout or stone.
They kindly leave us, but not quite alone,
But in good company, the gout or stone.
We only appreciate the comforts of life in their loss.
We only appreciate the comforts of life in their loss.
Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.
Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.
If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun.
If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun.
Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?
Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?
It is best to know the worst at once.
It is best to know the worst at once.
But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!
But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!
Though fame is smoke,
Its fumes are frankincense to human thought.
Though fame is smoke,
Its fumes are frankincense to human thought.
Never was anything so inconsistent.
Never was anything so inconsistent.
