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Even play has ended in fierce strife and anger.
Even play has ended in fierce strife and anger.
Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.
Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.
He that speakes sowes, and he that holds his peace, gathers.
He that speakes sowes, and he that holds his peace, gathers.
Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
[Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]
Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice;
Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.
Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice;
Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.
For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich;
And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
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For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich;
And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
He that passeth a winters day escapes an enemy.
He that passeth a winters day escapes an enemy.
The slothful is the servant of the counters.
The slothful is the servant of the counters.
