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Trivial losses often prove great gains.
Trivial losses often prove great gains.
He who sins when drunk will have to atone for it when sober.
He who sins when drunk will have to atone for it when sober.
So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.
So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.
Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.
Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.
The Lame goes as farre as your staggerer.
The Lame goes as farre as your staggerer.
Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.]
Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.]
To learn from other men's mistakes to prevent your own.
To learn from other men's mistakes to prevent your own.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.