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Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.
They that are booted are not alwaies ready.
They that are booted are not alwaies ready.
A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
Breaking his oath and resolution, like
A twist of rotten silk.
Breaking his oath and resolution, like
A twist of rotten silk.
Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.
Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.
You are his father by nature, I by counsel.
You are his father by nature, I by counsel.
Whither, O god of wine, art thou hurrying me, whilst under thy
all-powerful influence?
Whither, O god of wine, art thou hurrying me, whilst under thy
all-powerful influence?
Idleness ruins the constitution.
Idleness ruins the constitution.
