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Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.
Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
What our contempts do often hurl from us,
We wish it ours again.
What our contempts do often hurl from us,
We wish it ours again.
The wolfe eats oft of the sheep that have been warn'd.
The wolfe eats oft of the sheep that have been warn'd.
Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire;
Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow
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Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire;
Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow
Of bragging horror.
Favours out of place I regard as positive injuries.
Favours out of place I regard as positive injuries.
Demons in act, but gods at least in face.
Demons in act, but gods at least in face.
No day is wholly unproductive of good.
No day is wholly unproductive of good.
When anger rises, think of the consequences.
When anger rises, think of the consequences.