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Some evils are cured by contempt.
Some evils are cured by contempt.
Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.
Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.
Autumnall Agues are long, or mortall.
Autumnall Agues are long, or mortall.
That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.
That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.
He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he
might take the current sideways.
He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he
might take the current sideways.
These are the evils which result from gossiping habits.
These are the evils which result from gossiping habits.
He who repents of his fault is almost guiltless.
He who repents of his fault is almost guiltless.
Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
