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A little with quiet is the onely dyet.
A little with quiet is the onely dyet.
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age,
nor the advance of death, which cannot be read more
Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age,
nor the advance of death, which cannot be resisted.
The gentle Hawke halfe mans her selfe.
The gentle Hawke halfe mans her selfe.
Who paies the Physitian, does the cure.
Who paies the Physitian, does the cure.
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!
Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
