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To him that will, waies are not wanting.
To him that will, waies are not wanting.
 The mountains are in labour, the birth will be an absurd little 
mouse.  
 The mountains are in labour, the birth will be an absurd little 
mouse. 
 The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
 [Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]  
 The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
 [Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.] 
Ther's no great banquet but some fares ill.
Ther's no great banquet but some fares ill.
 That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle 
and the distaffe.  
 That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle 
and the distaffe. 
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.
 It is, I believe, better to restrain the passions of youth by a 
sense of shame, and by conciliatory read more 
 It is, I believe, better to restrain the passions of youth by a 
sense of shame, and by conciliatory means, than by fear.