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It is far easier to begin a task than to finish it.
It is far easier to begin a task than to finish it.
Give thy thoughts no tongue.
Give thy thoughts no tongue.
. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
Cloath thee in war, arme thee in peace.
Cloath thee in war, arme thee in peace.
When we have what we like 'tis hard to miss it.
When we have what we like 'tis hard to miss it.
The vulgar follow Fortune's glances.
The vulgar follow Fortune's glances.
Wisely, I say, I am a bachelor.
Wisely, I say, I am a bachelor.
It's an ill councell that hath no escape.
It's an ill councell that hath no escape.
Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
[Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]
