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Fear not the future, weep not for the past.
Fear not the future, weep not for the past.
Condemn the fault, but not the actor of it.
Condemn the fault, but not the actor of it.
Caesar's wife should be above suspicion.
Caesar's wife should be above suspicion.
He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.
He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.
If fooles should not foole it, they shall lose their season.
If fooles should not foole it, they shall lose their season.
To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot.
[To take the nuts from the fire with read more
To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot.
[To take the nuts from the fire with the dog's foot.]
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
It's not improbable that a man may receive more solid
satisfaction from pudding while he is alive than from read more
It's not improbable that a man may receive more solid
satisfaction from pudding while he is alive than from praise
after he is dead.
Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.
Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.
