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He that passeth a winters day escapes an enemy.
He that passeth a winters day escapes an enemy.
The more violent the storm the sooner it is over.
The more violent the storm the sooner it is over.
Anger should never appear in awarding punishment.
Anger should never appear in awarding punishment.
For a morning raine leave not your journey.
For a morning raine leave not your journey.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
Alas! sir,
In what have I offended you? What cause
Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure?
Alas! sir,
In what have I offended you? What cause
Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure?
He who gets the better of an irascible temperament conquers his
worst enemy.
He who gets the better of an irascible temperament conquers his
worst enemy.
Hee that lives ill, feare followes him.
Hee that lives ill, feare followes him.
