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Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools.
Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools.
Cruelty is more cruell, if we defer the pain.
Cruelty is more cruell, if we defer the pain.
A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.
A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.
Oh! too convincing--dangerously dear--
In woman's eye the unanswerable tear!
That weapon of her weakness she can read more
Oh! too convincing--dangerously dear--
In woman's eye the unanswerable tear!
That weapon of her weakness she can wield,
To save, subdue--at once her spear and shield.
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
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Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard.
It seems to me most strange that men should fear,
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
Will come when it will come.
To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.
To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.
Much spends the traveller, more then the abider.
Much spends the traveller, more then the abider.
Beasts of like kind will spare those of kindred spots.
Beasts of like kind will spare those of kindred spots.
