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To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean read more
To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean and plant himself afresh.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is
past, see how that which is read more
By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is
past, see how that which is to come will be drawne on.
I know myself now, and I feel within me
A peace above all earthly dignities,
A still read more
I know myself now, and I feel within me
A peace above all earthly dignities,
A still and quiet conscience.
There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
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There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
Christians have burnt each other, quite persuaded.
That all the Apostles would have done as they did.
Christians have burnt each other, quite persuaded.
That all the Apostles would have done as they did.
Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
Defer no time; delays have dangerous ends.
Defer no time; delays have dangerous ends.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.