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Hell is full of good intentions.
[Sp., El infierno es lleno de buenas intenciones.]
Hell is full of good intentions.
[Sp., El infierno es lleno de buenas intenciones.]
By looking at squinting people you learn to squint.
By looking at squinting people you learn to squint.
To make a mountain of a mole-hill.
To make a mountain of a mole-hill.
'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print;
A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.
'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print;
A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.
But we are all men
In our own natures frail.
But we are all men
In our own natures frail.
Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?
Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?
A gentle heart is tyed with an easie thread.
A gentle heart is tyed with an easie thread.
Our rash faults
Make trivial price of serious thing we have,
Not knowing them until we know read more
Our rash faults
Make trivial price of serious thing we have,
Not knowing them until we know their grave.
Strong of his hands, and strong on his legs, but still of his
tongue.
Strong of his hands, and strong on his legs, but still of his
tongue.