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A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.
A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
If the fish had not opened its mouth, it would not have been
caught.
If the fish had not opened its mouth, it would not have been
caught.
An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
He who gets the better of an irascible temperament conquers his
worst enemy.
He who gets the better of an irascible temperament conquers his
worst enemy.
It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied read more
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pitch and moment,
With this regard their currents turn awry,
And lose the name of action.
