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We are slow to believe that which, if true, would grieve us.
We are slow to believe that which, if true, would grieve us.
Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.
Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.
Death rides on every passing breeze,
He lurks in every flower.
Death rides on every passing breeze,
He lurks in every flower.
Love makes one fitt for any work.
Love makes one fitt for any work.
He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]
He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]
The back-doore robs the house.
The back-doore robs the house.
There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.
There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.
Time stoops to no man's lure.
Time stoops to no man's lure.