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1471.
The wise more active grow by being crossed
First Line:
The wise more active grow by being crossed
Last Line:
Since art has oft restored what fortune lost
Author:
Roger Boyle (Absolute)
DMI number:
13396
1472.
The wise who are inclined to live at ease
First Line:
The wise who are inclined to live at ease
Last Line:
And makes each homely meal a sumptuous feast
Author:
Edmund Arwaker (Absolute)
DMI number:
30375
1473.
There's no disturbance in the heavens above
First Line:
There's no disturbance in the heavens above
Last Line:
Does not contend with but despise the world
DMI number:
43237
1474.
There's none from their own sense of shame can fly
First Line:
There's none from their own sense of shame can fly
Last Line:
With the world's favour loses too his own
Author:
Sir Robert Howard (Absolute)
DMI number:
9455
1475.
There's nothing simply good or ill alone
First Line:
There's nothing simply good or ill alone
Last Line:
The only measure is and judge opinion
Author:
John Donne (Absolute)
DMI number:
16922
1476.
These are the greatest afflictions most men have
First Line:
These are the greatest afflictions most men have
Last Line:
But pains the body subject to diseases
Author:
George Wither (Absolute)
DMI number:
9894
1477.
There are some natures
First Line:
There are some natures
Last Line:
To their own worth should they acknowledge it
Author:
Philip Massinger (Absolute)
DMI number:
13726
1478.
There are whom heaven has blessed with store of wit
First Line:
There are whom heaven has blessed with store of wit
Last Line:
Yet want as much again to manage it
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
9489
1479.
There is a deep nick in time's restless wheel
First Line:
There is a deep nick in time's restless wheel
Last Line:
As well as men cast headlong from the sky
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
17301
1480.
These dignities
First Line:
These dignities
Last Line:
O tis so sweet they'll lick it till all burst
DMI number:
14513
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