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Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud.
Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud.
How use doth breed a habit in a man!
How use doth breed a habit in a man!
One man restored our fortunes by delay. [By skilfully avoiding
an engagement, Fabius exhausted the resources of the enemy.]
One man restored our fortunes by delay. [By skilfully avoiding
an engagement, Fabius exhausted the resources of the enemy.]
It's no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
It's no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
This even-handed justice
Commends th' ingredience of our poisoned chalice
To our own lips.
This even-handed justice
Commends th' ingredience of our poisoned chalice
To our own lips.
Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.
Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.
Fortune, by being too lavish of her favours on a man, only makes
a fool of him.
Fortune, by being too lavish of her favours on a man, only makes
a fool of him.
He who assists the wicked will in time rue it.
He who assists the wicked will in time rue it.
The corne hides it self in the snow, as an old man in furrs.
The corne hides it self in the snow, as an old man in furrs.
