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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification
being deferred.
The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification
being deferred.
Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.
Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.
A fickle and capricious woman.
A fickle and capricious woman.
Say no ill of the yeere, till it be past.
Say no ill of the yeere, till it be past.
He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had
cast himself from a precipice.
He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had
cast himself from a precipice.
Life is halfe spent before we know what it is.
Life is halfe spent before we know what it is.
A man of refined taste and judgment.
A man of refined taste and judgment.
Let justice be done, though the heavens fall.
[Lat., Fiat justitia, ruat coelum.]
Let justice be done, though the heavens fall.
[Lat., Fiat justitia, ruat coelum.]
