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Our owne actions are our security, not others judgements.
Our owne actions are our security, not others judgements.
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
Like a young eagle, who has lent his plume
To fledge the shaft by which he meets his doom,
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Like a young eagle, who has lent his plume
To fledge the shaft by which he meets his doom,
See their own feathers pluck'd, to wing the dart,
Which rank corruption destines for their heart!
Building and marrying of Children are great wasters.
Building and marrying of Children are great wasters.
My ventures are not in one bottom trusted.
My ventures are not in one bottom trusted.
Peace, and Patience, and death with repentance.
Peace, and Patience, and death with repentance.
Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from
betraying guilt!
[Heu! quam difficile est crimen non read more
Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from
betraying guilt!
[Heu! quam difficile est crimen non prodere vultu.]
When children stand quiet, they have done some ill.
When children stand quiet, they have done some ill.
The tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.
The tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.
