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Defer no time; delays have dangerous ends.
Defer no time; delays have dangerous ends.
How use doth breed a habit in a man!
How use doth breed a habit in a man!
When the lightning strikes but one, not one only does it terrify.
When the lightning strikes but one, not one only does it terrify.
That which never has been, never is, and never will be.
That which never has been, never is, and never will be.
And Modesty, who, when she goes,
Is gone for ever.
And Modesty, who, when she goes,
Is gone for ever.
He that is afraid of leaves, goes not to the wood.
He that is afraid of leaves, goes not to the wood.
The doctors gave her over--to an ass.
The doctors gave her over--to an ass.
It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries.
It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries.
Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.
Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.
