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They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.
What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name
would smell as sweet.
What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name
would smell as sweet.
Litle stickes kindle the fire; great ones put it out.
Litle stickes kindle the fire; great ones put it out.
Strict law is often great injustice.
Strict law is often great injustice.
A light breath fans the flame, a violent gust extinguishes it.
A light breath fans the flame, a violent gust extinguishes it.
Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak
Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.
Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak
Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.
Set good against evill.
[Set good against evil.]
Set good against evill.
[Set good against evil.]
No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble
about.
No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble
about.
A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.
A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.
