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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification
being deferred.
The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification
being deferred.
You are his father by nature, I by counsel.
You are his father by nature, I by counsel.
One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.
One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.
'Tis not the fight that crowns us, but the end.
'Tis not the fight that crowns us, but the end.
'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.
'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.
When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat.
When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat.
He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in
seeking succour meets with ruin.
He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in
seeking succour meets with ruin.
This even-handed justice
Commends th' ingredience of our poisoned chalice
To our own lips.
This even-handed justice
Commends th' ingredience of our poisoned chalice
To our own lips.
Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
