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If things look badly to-day they may look better tomorrow.
If things look badly to-day they may look better tomorrow.
Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer.
Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer.
As dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to this folly.
As dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to this folly.
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king read more
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king so strong
Can tie the gall up in the slanderous tongue?
Who is so deafe, as he that will not hear?
[Who is so deaf as he that will not read more
Who is so deafe, as he that will not hear?
[Who is so deaf as he that will not hear?]
What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.
What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.
For many are called, but few are chosen.
For many are called, but few are chosen.
Nae man can tether time nor tide.
Nae man can tether time nor tide.
