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To err is human, but to persevere in error is only the act of a
fool.
[Lat., Cujusvis read more
To err is human, but to persevere in error is only the act of a
fool.
[Lat., Cujusvis hominis est errare, nullius nisi insipientis in
errore perseverare.]
One stroke fells not an oke.
One stroke fells not an oke.
Feares are divided in the midst.
Feares are divided in the midst.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind.
A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind.
A man of three letters, " F U R."
A man of three letters, " F U R."
There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse
of brain, says the Spaniard.
There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse
of brain, says the Spaniard.
Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule.
Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule.
From his silence a man's consent is inferred.
From his silence a man's consent is inferred.