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Even when the wound is healed the scar remains.
Even when the wound is healed the scar remains.
Who reigns within himself, and rules
Passions, desires, and fears, is more a king.
Who reigns within himself, and rules
Passions, desires, and fears, is more a king.
Here is a talk of the Turk and the Pope, but my next neighbour
doth me more harm then read more
Here is a talk of the Turk and the Pope, but my next neighbour
doth me more harm then either of them both.
Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!
Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.
He that measures not himselfe, is measured.
He that measures not himselfe, is measured.
Nothing is so difficult but that man will accomplish it.
Nothing is so difficult but that man will accomplish it.
I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
[Lat., Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.]
I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
[Lat., Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.]
