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Give time and permit a short delay, impetuosity ruins everything.
Give time and permit a short delay, impetuosity ruins everything.
Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
He that hath no ill fortune is troubled with good.
He that hath no ill fortune is troubled with good.
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
Service without reward is punishment.
Service without reward is punishment.
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a read more
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a harder task to prove--
By firm resolve to conquer love!
That is not good language which all understand not.
That is not good language which all understand not.
Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
