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Praise day at night, and life at the end.
Praise day at night, and life at the end.
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a read more
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a harder task to prove--
By firm resolve to conquer love!
It is proper that every man should measure himself by his own
proportion and standard.
It is proper that every man should measure himself by his own
proportion and standard.
Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.
Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with
bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage.
Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with
bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage.
Hee that tells his wife newes is but newly married.
Hee that tells his wife newes is but newly married.
No lock will hold against the power of gold.
No lock will hold against the power of gold.
