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Hasty conclusions lead to speedy repentance.
Hasty conclusions lead to speedy repentance.
Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.
Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.
He, who holds out but a doubtful hope of succour to the
afflicted, denies it.
He, who holds out but a doubtful hope of succour to the
afflicted, denies it.
Milke saies to wine, welcome friend.
Milke saies to wine, welcome friend.
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
When the lightning strikes but one, not one only does it terrify.
When the lightning strikes but one, not one only does it terrify.
Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
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Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
To scorn delights, and live laborious days;
But the fair guerdon when we hope to find,
And think to burst out into sudden blaze,
Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears,
And slits the thin-spun life.
The eye will have his part.
The eye will have his part.
