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The net is not spread for the hawk or the kite.
The net is not spread for the hawk or the kite.
Whose nature is so far from doing harms,
That he suspects none.
Whose nature is so far from doing harms,
That he suspects none.
Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.
Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.
Marry your sonne when you will; your daughter when you can.
Marry your sonne when you will; your daughter when you can.
His anger is easily excited and appeased, and he changes from
hour to hour.
His anger is easily excited and appeased, and he changes from
hour to hour.
The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]
The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]
He that is warme, thinkes all so.
He that is warme, thinkes all so.
Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.
Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.
