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Sweet is the recollection of difficulties overcome.
Sweet is the recollection of difficulties overcome.
Whence is that knocking?
How is't with me, when every noise appals me?
Whence is that knocking?
How is't with me, when every noise appals me?
When war begins, then hell openeth.
When war begins, then hell openeth.
The worst punishment of all is, that in the court of his own
conscience no guilty man is acquitted.
The worst punishment of all is, that in the court of his own
conscience no guilty man is acquitted.
If fooles should not foole it, they shall lose their season.
If fooles should not foole it, they shall lose their season.
The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from
heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of read more
The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from
heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of those who covet nothing.
[Lat., Quanto quisque sibi plura negaverit,
A dis plura feret. Nil cupientium
Nudus castra peto.]
A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
Water a farre off quencheth not fire.
Water a farre off quencheth not fire.
The net is not spread for the hawk or the kite.
The net is not spread for the hawk or the kite.
