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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.
The sight of a man hath the force of a Lyon.
The sight of a man hath the force of a Lyon.
Danger comes on us more speedily when we treat it with contempt.
Danger comes on us more speedily when we treat it with contempt.
What's done cannot be undone.
What's done cannot be undone.
Follow not truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth.
Follow not truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth.
Punishment follows close on the heels of crime.
Punishment follows close on the heels of crime.
One swallow does not make spring.
One swallow does not make spring.
Of a new Prince, new bondage.
Of a new Prince, new bondage.
Think'st thou it honourable for a noble man
Still to remember wrongs?
Think'st thou it honourable for a noble man
Still to remember wrongs?
