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Pleasant is the recollection of dangers past.
Pleasant is the recollection of dangers past.
Wisely, I say, I am a bachelor.
Wisely, I say, I am a bachelor.
Her tears will pierce into a marble heart.
Her tears will pierce into a marble heart.
Thou wear a lion's hide! doff it for shame,
And hang a calf's skin on those recreant limbs.
Thou wear a lion's hide! doff it for shame,
And hang a calf's skin on those recreant limbs.
Passion and strife bow down the mind.
Passion and strife bow down the mind.
The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel.
The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel.
The more violent the storm the sooner it is over.
The more violent the storm the sooner it is over.
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till
afterwards.
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till
afterwards.
The plant often removed cannot thrive.
The plant often removed cannot thrive.
