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Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
On painting and fighting looke aloofe.
On painting and fighting looke aloofe.
Fortune may rob us of our wealth, not of our courage.
Fortune may rob us of our wealth, not of our courage.
Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it
will turn sour.
Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it
will turn sour.
Sweet is pleasure after pain.
Sweet is pleasure after pain.
The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.
The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.
But men are men; the best sometimes forget.
But men are men; the best sometimes forget.
Dearths foreseene come not.
Dearths foreseene come not.
