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Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
Goods are theirs that enjoy them.
Goods are theirs that enjoy them.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
Where ignorance is bliss,
'Tis folly to be wise.
Where ignorance is bliss,
'Tis folly to be wise.
What loss feels he that wots not what he loses?
What loss feels he that wots not what he loses?
The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel.
The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel.
He who would not be indolent, let him fall in love.
He who would not be indolent, let him fall in love.
He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
