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Although it raine, throw not away thy watering pot.
Although it raine, throw not away thy watering pot.
He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had
cast himself from a precipice.
He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had
cast himself from a precipice.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new.
Who like sour fruit to stir their veins' salt tides.
Who like sour fruit to stir their veins' salt tides.
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
He that dies without the company of good men puts not himselfe
into a good way.
He that dies without the company of good men puts not himselfe
into a good way.
No one can keep a mask on long.
No one can keep a mask on long.
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
