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Here lies a Proof that Wit can never be Defence enough against Mortality


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That perfect tranquillity of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a faithful friend and a good library.

That perfect tranquillity of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a faithful friend and a good library.



Fantastic fortune thou deceitful light, That cheats the weary traveler by night, Though on a precipice each step you tread, I am resolved to follow where you lead.

Fantastic fortune thou deceitful light, That cheats the weary traveler by night, Though on a precipice each step you tread, I am resolved to follow where you lead.



Oh, what a dear ravishing thing is the beginning of an Amour!

Oh, what a dear ravishing thing is the beginning of an Amour!



Faith, Sir, we are here today and gone tomorrow.

Faith, Sir, we are here today and gone tomorrow.



Nothing is more capable of troubling our reason, and consuming our health, than secret notions of jealousy in solitude.

Nothing is more capable of troubling our reason, and consuming our health, than secret notions of jealousy in solitude.



Each moment of a happy lover's hour is worth an age of dull and common life.

Each moment of a happy lover's hour is worth an age of dull and common life.



Variety is the soul of pleasure.

Variety is the soul of pleasure.



Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand.

Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand.



Who is't that to woman's beauty would submit, And yet refuse the fetters of their wit?

Who is't that to woman's beauty would submit, And yet refuse the fetters of their wit?



I think a Play the best divertisement that wise men have: but I do also think them nothing so who do discourse so formallie about the rules of it, as if 'twere the grand affair of humane life.

I think a Play the best divertisement that wise men have: but I do also think them nothing so who do discourse so formallie about the rules of it, as if 'twere the grand affair of humane life.





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