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God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
The cares that flutter batlike round fretted roofs.
The cares that flutter batlike round fretted roofs.
Betray not a secret even though racked by wine or wrath.
Betray not a secret even though racked by wine or wrath.
Why, then the world's mine oyster,
Which I with sword will open.
Why, then the world's mine oyster,
Which I with sword will open.
What's done can't be undone.
[Fr., Ce qui est faicr ne se peult desfaire.]
What's done can't be undone.
[Fr., Ce qui est faicr ne se peult desfaire.]
It's absurd to warme one in his armour.
It's absurd to warme one in his armour.
Be not for ever harassed by impotent desire.
Be not for ever harassed by impotent desire.
What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
[Lat., Idem Accio quod Titio jus esto.]
What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
[Lat., Idem Accio quod Titio jus esto.]
