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He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.
He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.
An Idle youth, a needy Age.
An Idle youth, a needy Age.
Hee that lives ill, feare followes him.
Hee that lives ill, feare followes him.
Cruelty is more cruell, if we defer the pain.
Cruelty is more cruell, if we defer the pain.
Hee that repaires not a part, builds all.
Hee that repaires not a part, builds all.
Make three bites of a cherry.
Make three bites of a cherry.
But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopp'd,
Doth burn the heart to cinders, where it is.
Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopp'd,
Doth burn the heart to cinders, where it is.
