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Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.
Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.
What's done cannot be undone.
What's done cannot be undone.
 Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without 
merit and lost without deserving.  
 Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without 
merit and lost without deserving. 
Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
The grief of an heir is only masked laughter.
The grief of an heir is only masked laughter.
May you never forget what is worth remembering, nor ever remember what is best forgotten
May you never forget what is worth remembering, nor ever remember what is best forgotten
 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be 
thirsty, give him water to read more 
 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be 
thirsty, give him water to drink.
 For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord 
shall reward thee. 
 There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four 
which I know not:
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 There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four 
which I know not:
 The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; 
the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man 
with a maid. 
Strength without judgment falls by its own weight.
Strength without judgment falls by its own weight.