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We suffer by our proximity. [Who get a blow intended for
another.]
We suffer by our proximity. [Who get a blow intended for
another.]
Don't promise twice what you can do at once.
Don't promise twice what you can do at once.
Much will always wanting be
To him who much desires.
Much will always wanting be
To him who much desires.
For violent fires soon burn out themselves.
For violent fires soon burn out themselves.
Good swimmers at length are drowned.
Good swimmers at length are drowned.
Win us with honest trifles, to betray us
In deepest consequence.
Win us with honest trifles, to betray us
In deepest consequence.
When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
The end crowns all,
And that old common arbitrator, Time,
Will one day end it.
The end crowns all,
And that old common arbitrator, Time,
Will one day end it.
Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?
Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?