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The generous heart
Should scorn a pleasure which gives others pain.
The generous heart
Should scorn a pleasure which gives others pain.
The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]
The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]
His golden locks time hath to silver turned.
His golden locks time hath to silver turned.
Of a new Prince, new bondage.
Of a new Prince, new bondage.
The wrongs of a Husband or Master are not reproached.
The wrongs of a Husband or Master are not reproached.
Who aspires must down as low
As high he soar'd.
Who aspires must down as low
As high he soar'd.
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
Good habits result from resisting temptation.
Good habits result from resisting temptation.
To live with them is far less sweet,
Than to remember thee!
To live with them is far less sweet,
Than to remember thee!