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Hastiness is the beginning of wrath, and its end repentance.
Hastiness is the beginning of wrath, and its end repentance.
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.
Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.
Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.
Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops.
Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops.
He that followes the Lord hopes to goe before.
He that followes the Lord hopes to goe before.
Great trees are good for nothing but shade.
Great trees are good for nothing but shade.
The woman that deliberates is lost.
The woman that deliberates is lost.
None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most
delighted.
None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most
delighted.
