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But whatever may be said about the life of work,
There is no treasure quite like living at one's ease.

— François Villon Le Grand Testament (The Great Testament) (1461)

Mais, quoy que soit du laboureux mestier,
Il n'est tresor que de vivre a son aise.

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The breasts all shrivelled up and gone;
The haunches like the paps withdrawn.

But where are the snows of bygone years?

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Prince, I know all, in short,
I know pink cheeks from wan,
I know Death all-devouring,
I know all, save myself.

"In riding to the hounds, in falconry,
In love or war," as anyone will tell you,
"For one brief joy a hundred woes."

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Brother men who after us live on,
Harden not your hearts against us.

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