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That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.
That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.
Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
Better do nothing than do ill.
Better do nothing than do ill.
Out of breath to no possible purpose; in attempting everything,
doing nothing.
Out of breath to no possible purpose; in attempting everything,
doing nothing.
Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
He will burne his house, to warme his hands.
He will burne his house, to warme his hands.
I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]
I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]
