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Hastiness is the beginning of wrath, and its end repentance.
Hastiness is the beginning of wrath, and its end repentance.
The greatest step is that out of doores.
[The greatest step is that out of doors.]
The greatest step is that out of doores.
[The greatest step is that out of doors.]
But he, whose humours spurn law's awful yoke,
Must herd with those, by whom law's bonds are broke.
But he, whose humours spurn law's awful yoke,
Must herd with those, by whom law's bonds are broke.
Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
All that's bright must fade,--
The brightest still the fleetest;
All that's sweet was made
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All that's bright must fade,--
The brightest still the fleetest;
All that's sweet was made
But to be lost when sweetest.
He that is his owne Counsellor knowes nothing sure but what hee
hath laid out.
He that is his owne Counsellor knowes nothing sure but what hee
hath laid out.
Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
Twice does he live who can enjoy the remembrance of the past.
Twice does he live who can enjoy the remembrance of the past.
