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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.]
What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
No mortal man is wise at all times.
No mortal man is wise at all times.
The scalded head feares cold water.
The scalded head feares cold water.
Few tyrants go down to the infernal regions by a natural death.
Few tyrants go down to the infernal regions by a natural death.
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
A life of honour and of worth
Has no eternity on earth,--
'Tis but a name.
A life of honour and of worth
Has no eternity on earth,--
'Tis but a name.
