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He that once hitts, is ever bending.
He that once hitts, is ever bending.
Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
Punishment follows close on the heels of crime.
Punishment follows close on the heels of crime.
Pleasant is the recollection of dangers past.
Pleasant is the recollection of dangers past.
My bark, once struck by the fury of the storm, dreads again to
approach the place of danger.
My bark, once struck by the fury of the storm, dreads again to
approach the place of danger.
Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colossus, and we petty men
Walk under read more
Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colossus, and we petty men
Walk under his huge legs and peep about
To find ourselves dishonorable graves.
My ventures are not in one bottom trusted.
My ventures are not in one bottom trusted.
Learne weeping, and thou shalt laugh gayning.
Learne weeping, and thou shalt laugh gayning.
And there stalks Discord delighted with her torn mantle.
And there stalks Discord delighted with her torn mantle.