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Strict law is often great injustice.
Strict law is often great injustice.
Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
He that will not have peace, God gives him warre.
He that will not have peace, God gives him warre.
It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters read more
It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters on which we should be silent.
The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror.
The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror.
Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad read more
Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad truth, which hovers o'er my desk,
Turns what was once romantic to burlesque.
The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active
employment.
The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active
employment.
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.