Thomas Urquhart (Томас Эркарт)

Epigrams. The Second Booke. № 43. That inconveniences ought to be regarded to before hand

TO wait for crosses, that may happen, is
The meane▪ whereby to beare them easily;
They not being much unlike the Cockatrice,
Which, if fore-seene by us, dyes instantly:
While unexpected misadventures kill
Joy in the breed, and tyrannize the will.

1. Epigrams. The First Booke. № 32. That if we strove not more for superfluities, then for what is needfull, we would not be so much troubled, is wee are
2. Epigrams. The Second Booke. № 13. What the subject of your conference ought to be with men of judgment, and account
3. Epigrams. The Second Booke. № 29. A truely liberall man never bestoweth his gifts, in hope of recompence
4. Epigrams. The Second Booke. № 24. No man should glory too much in the flourishing verdure of his Youth
5. Epigrams. The First Booke. № 33. The onely true progresse to a blessed life

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