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Happier are the hands compast with yron, then a heart with
thoughts.
Happier are the hands compast with yron, then a heart with
thoughts.
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so,
execute with vigour.
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so,
execute with vigour.
I hate all children of precocious talent.
I hate all children of precocious talent.
France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.
France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.
No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing
misfortune to another.
No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing
misfortune to another.
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.
It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.
But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.
But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.
