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By penitence th' Eternal's wrath's appeas'd.
By penitence th' Eternal's wrath's appeas'd.
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
He that is fallen cannot helpe him that is downe.
He that is fallen cannot helpe him that is downe.
Into a mouth shut flies flie not.
Into a mouth shut flies flie not.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
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One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in ours, some neighboring nation,
Taking advantage of our misery,
Hath stuffed the hollow vessels with their power,
To beat us down, the which are down already;
And make a conquest of unhappy,
Whereas no glory 's got to overcome.
If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
Stay a little, that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay a little, that we may make an end the sooner.
A lucky chance, that oft decides the fate
Of mighty monarchs.
A lucky chance, that oft decides the fate
Of mighty monarchs.
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
