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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.
Hee that makes a good warre makes a good peace.
Hee that makes a good warre makes a good peace.
The tongue walkes where the teeth speede not.
The tongue walkes where the teeth speede not.
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.
Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!
Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!
He who leaves a fault unpunished invites crime.
He who leaves a fault unpunished invites crime.
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied read more
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pitch and moment,
With this regard their currents turn awry,
And lose the name of action.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new.
Hold their nose to the grindstone.
Hold their nose to the grindstone.
