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... fool at forty is a fool indeed . ADULTERY . Young , Sat. II . 282 . What men call gallantry , and gods adultery , Is much more common where the climate's sultry . ADVERSITY - see Affliction . Byron , Don Juan , 1. 63 . ' Tis strange how ...
... fool at forty is a fool indeed . ADULTERY . Young , Sat. II . 282 . What men call gallantry , and gods adultery , Is much more common where the climate's sultry . ADVERSITY - see Affliction . Byron , Don Juan , 1. 63 . ' Tis strange how ...
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... fool presumes to advise , And if more happy , thinks himself more wise ; All wretchedly deplore the present state , And that advice seems best which comes too late . Learn to dissemble wrongs , to smile at injuries , And suffer crimes ...
... fool presumes to advise , And if more happy , thinks himself more wise ; All wretchedly deplore the present state , And that advice seems best which comes too late . Learn to dissemble wrongs , to smile at injuries , And suffer crimes ...
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... fool and jester ! I am declin'd into the vale of years . All the world's a stage , And all the men and women merely players : They have their exits and their entrances ; And one man in his time plays many parts , His acts being seven ...
... fool and jester ! I am declin'd into the vale of years . All the world's a stage , And all the men and women merely players : They have their exits and their entrances ; And one man in his time plays many parts , His acts being seven ...
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... the great , Young . Young And their mean boast of what their fathers were , While they themselves are fools effeminate , The scorn of all who know the worth of mind And virtue . Percival . 20 ANGELS - ANGER . ANGELS - For Angels ' 0 2.
... the great , Young . Young And their mean boast of what their fathers were , While they themselves are fools effeminate , The scorn of all who know the worth of mind And virtue . Percival . 20 ANGELS - ANGER . ANGELS - For Angels ' 0 2.
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... Fools rush in where angels fear to tread . ANGER - see Passion , Rage , Temper . Anger's my meat ; I sup upon myself , And so shall starve with feeding . A woman moved is like a fountain troubled , Muddy , ill - seeming , thick , bereft ...
... Fools rush in where angels fear to tread . ANGER - see Passion , Rage , Temper . Anger's my meat ; I sup upon myself , And so shall starve with feeding . A woman moved is like a fountain troubled , Muddy , ill - seeming , thick , bereft ...
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