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There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.
There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.
Patience is the remedy for every misfortune.
Patience is the remedy for every misfortune.
'Tis not the fight that crowns us, but the end.
'Tis not the fight that crowns us, but the end.
With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye.
With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye.
An injury may prove a blessing.
An injury may prove a blessing.
Spies are the ears and eyes of Princes.
Spies are the ears and eyes of Princes.
So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.
So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.
Marry, this is the short and the long of it.
Marry, this is the short and the long of it.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.