Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.

Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.

Haste is productive of injury, and so is too much hesitation. He
is the wisest man who does everything read more

Haste is productive of injury, and so is too much hesitation. He
is the wisest man who does everything at the proper time.

Trust not him that hath once broken faith.

Trust not him that hath once broken faith.

A smiling face is half the meal.

A smiling face is half the meal.

You whirled them to the back of beyont.

You whirled them to the back of beyont.

Every thing new is fine.

Every thing new is fine.

That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.

That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.

My bark, once struck by the fury of the storm, dreads again to
approach the place of danger.

My bark, once struck by the fury of the storm, dreads again to
approach the place of danger.

But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
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But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
Casts off its bright skin yearly like a snake.