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To make a commencement requires a mental effort.
To make a commencement requires a mental effort.
That, which has not its alternation of rest, will not last long.
That, which has not its alternation of rest, will not last long.
No money, no Swiss.
[Fr., Point d'argent, point de Suisse.]
No money, no Swiss.
[Fr., Point d'argent, point de Suisse.]
Love's mind of judgment rarely hath a taste:
Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.
Love's mind of judgment rarely hath a taste:
Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.
There is some soul of goodness in things evil,
Would men observingly distill it out;
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There is some soul of goodness in things evil,
Would men observingly distill it out;
For our bad neighbor makes us early stirrers,
Which is both healthful, and good husbandry.
He that riseth first, is first drest.
He that riseth first, is first drest.
He quits his place well, that leaves his friend there.
He quits his place well, that leaves his friend there.