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Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
The best remedy against an ill man is much ground betweene both.
The best remedy against an ill man is much ground betweene both.
Love's mind of judgment rarely hath a taste:
Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.
Love's mind of judgment rarely hath a taste:
Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.
The slothful is the servant of the counters.
The slothful is the servant of the counters.
He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not.
He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not.
To have done, is to hang
Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail
In monumental mockery.
To have done, is to hang
Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail
In monumental mockery.
He touches nothing but he adds a charm.
He touches nothing but he adds a charm.
Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
