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We may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which we run at,
And lose by over-running.
We may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which we run at,
And lose by over-running.
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.
Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.
Hell is full of good intentions.
[Sp., El infierno es lleno de buenas intenciones.]
Hell is full of good intentions.
[Sp., El infierno es lleno de buenas intenciones.]
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]
The finishing stroke of all sorrow.
The finishing stroke of all sorrow.
Never less alone, than when alone.
Never less alone, than when alone.
He who would have the kernel must crack the shell.
He who would have the kernel must crack the shell.
I have a kind of alacrity in sinking.
I have a kind of alacrity in sinking.