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Fire, if neglected, will soon gain strength.
Fire, if neglected, will soon gain strength.
A fool bolts a door with a boiled carrot.
A fool bolts a door with a boiled carrot.
It is difficult to fly without wings.
It is difficult to fly without wings.
Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just,
And he but naked, though locked up in steel,
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Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just,
And he but naked, though locked up in steel,
Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted.
No herb can remedy the anguish of love.
No herb can remedy the anguish of love.
The cares that flutter batlike round fretted roofs.
The cares that flutter batlike round fretted roofs.
But neither bended knees, pure hands held up,
Sad sighs, deep groans, nor silver-shedding tears,
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But neither bended knees, pure hands held up,
Sad sighs, deep groans, nor silver-shedding tears,
Could penetrate her uncompassionate sire.
