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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?
He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]
He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]
But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!
But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!
Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?
Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?
Neither head, nor feet. [Referring to anything very intricate.]
Neither head, nor feet. [Referring to anything very intricate.]
Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age.
Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age.
The fire, with well-dried logs supplied,
Went roaring up the chimney wide.
The fire, with well-dried logs supplied,
Went roaring up the chimney wide.
To make any gain some outlay is necessary.
To make any gain some outlay is necessary.
He will be the last to discover the disgrace of his house.
He will be the last to discover the disgrace of his house.
Nothing pleases which is not freshened by variety.
Nothing pleases which is not freshened by variety.
