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Cruelty is more cruell, if we defer the pain.
Cruelty is more cruell, if we defer the pain.
Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.
Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.
And maidens call it--Love in idleness.
And maidens call it--Love in idleness.
It's absurd to warme one in his armour.
It's absurd to warme one in his armour.
Though the Mastiffe be gentile, yet bite him not by the lippe.
Though the Mastiffe be gentile, yet bite him not by the lippe.
Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day,
Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away.
Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day,
Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away.
I have other fish to fry.
I have other fish to fry.
The absent partie is still faultie.
The absent partie is still faultie.
The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]
The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]
