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Love makes all hard hearts gentle.
Love makes all hard hearts gentle.
Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
Grief brims itself and flows away in tears.
Grief brims itself and flows away in tears.
Power seldome grows old at Court.
Power seldome grows old at Court.
What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.
What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.
He that contemplates hath a day without night.
He that contemplates hath a day without night.
A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.
A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.
Water trotted is as good as oates.
Water trotted is as good as oates.
