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Despise not sweet inviting love-making nor the merry dance.
Despise not sweet inviting love-making nor the merry dance.
Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turn'd,
Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.
Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turn'd,
Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.
It is equally a fault to believe all men or to believe none.
It is equally a fault to believe all men or to believe none.
Though this may be play to you,
'Tis death to us.
Though this may be play to you,
'Tis death to us.
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.
Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.
If things were to be done twice, all would be wise.
If things were to be done twice, all would be wise.
God strikes not with both hands, for to the sea he made heavens,
and to rivers foords.
God strikes not with both hands, for to the sea he made heavens,
and to rivers foords.
I strive to mould circumstances to myself, not myself to
circumstances.
I strive to mould circumstances to myself, not myself to
circumstances.