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A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.
A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.
Speake not of my debts, unlesse you meane to pay them.
Speake not of my debts, unlesse you meane to pay them.
To him that will, waies are not wanting.
To him that will, waies are not wanting.
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud read more
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not, and
our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our
virtues.
Time flies never to be recalled.
Time flies never to be recalled.
By many indignities we come to dignities.
By many indignities we come to dignities.
Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers.
Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers.
You began better than you have finished; the last act is not
equal to the first.
You began better than you have finished; the last act is not
equal to the first.
The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep;
Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep.
The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep;
Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep.
