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That from small fires comes oft no small mishap.
That from small fires comes oft no small mishap.
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Contentious fierce,
Ardent, and dire, spring from no petty cause.
Contentious fierce,
Ardent, and dire, spring from no petty cause.
From hence, let fierce contending nations know,
What dire effects from civil discord flow.
From hence, let fierce contending nations know,
What dire effects from civil discord flow.
Youth will be served, every dog has his day, and mine has been a
fine one.
Youth will be served, every dog has his day, and mine has been a
fine one.
A bad ending follows a bad beginning.
A bad ending follows a bad beginning.
What dire Offence from am'rous Causes springs,
What mighty Contests rise from trivial Things.
What dire Offence from am'rous Causes springs,
What mighty Contests rise from trivial Things.
For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind:
it hath no stalk: the bud shall read more
For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind:
it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it
yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.
As thou sowest, so shalt thou reap.
[Sp., Ut sementem feceris, ita metes.]
As thou sowest, so shalt thou reap.
[Sp., Ut sementem feceris, ita metes.]
