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As is the mother, so is her daughter.
As is the mother, so is her daughter.
How the devil is it that fresh features
Have such a charm for us poor human creatures?
How the devil is it that fresh features
Have such a charm for us poor human creatures?
Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
All delay is irksome, but it teaches us wisdom.
All delay is irksome, but it teaches us wisdom.
Praise day at night, and life at the end.
Praise day at night, and life at the end.
Councell breakes not the head.
Councell breakes not the head.
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
The tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.
The tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.
It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters read more
It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters on which we should be silent.
