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And we must take the current when it serves;
Or lose our ventures.
And we must take the current when it serves;
Or lose our ventures.
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud read more
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not, and
our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our
virtues.
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful.
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful.
He that feares leaves, let him not goe into the wood.
He that feares leaves, let him not goe into the wood.
He blames Neptune unjustly who twice suffers shipwreck.
He blames Neptune unjustly who twice suffers shipwreck.
Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.
Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.
'Tis godlike to have power, but not to kill.
'Tis godlike to have power, but not to kill.
Clean hands are better than full ones in the sight of God.
Clean hands are better than full ones in the sight of God.
It is a great victory that comes without blood.
It is a great victory that comes without blood.
