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More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.
More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.
Nae man can tether time nor tide.
Nae man can tether time nor tide.
Good hope is often beguiled by her own augury.
Good hope is often beguiled by her own augury.
Out of breath to no possible purpose; in attempting everything,
doing nothing.
Out of breath to no possible purpose; in attempting everything,
doing nothing.
There is a devil in every berry of the grape.
There is a devil in every berry of the grape.
In an evil hour thou bring'st her home. [You are marrying a
shrew.]
In an evil hour thou bring'st her home. [You are marrying a
shrew.]
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!
After supper walk a mile.
After supper walk a mile.
At Rome I love Tibur; then, like a weathercock, at Tibur Rome.
At Rome I love Tibur; then, like a weathercock, at Tibur Rome.