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It will never come out of the flesh that's bred in the bone.
It will never come out of the flesh that's bred in the bone.
Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.
Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.
When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat.
When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat.
Once a yeare a man may say: On his conscience.
Once a yeare a man may say: On his conscience.
But men are men; the best sometimes forget.
But men are men; the best sometimes forget.
In vaine is the mill-clacke, if the Miller his hearing lack.
In vaine is the mill-clacke, if the Miller his hearing lack.
He that gives thee a Capon, give him the leg and the wing.
He that gives thee a Capon, give him the leg and the wing.
Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict.
Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict.
A woman sometimes scorns what best contents her.
A woman sometimes scorns what best contents her.