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When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer,
strike your fill.
When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer,
strike your fill.
A kindness spontaneously offered to him who needs it, is doubly
gratifying.
A kindness spontaneously offered to him who needs it, is doubly
gratifying.
The woman that deliberates is lost.
The woman that deliberates is lost.
The great put the little on the hooke.
The great put the little on the hooke.
Demons in act, but gods at least in face.
Demons in act, but gods at least in face.
Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do.
Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do.
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?
Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?
By heaven you have destroyed me, my friends!
By heaven you have destroyed me, my friends!
