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A bad ending follows a bad beginning.
A bad ending follows a bad beginning.
O! lady, we receive but what we give,
And in our life alone doth nature live;
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O! lady, we receive but what we give,
And in our life alone doth nature live;
Ours is her wedding garment, ours her shroud!
The ends must justify the means.
The ends must justify the means.
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.
Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a
stone, it will return upon him.
Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a
stone, it will return upon him.
So holy writ in babes hath judgment shown
When judges have been babes; great floods have flown
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So holy writ in babes hath judgment shown
When judges have been babes; great floods have flown
From simple sources, and great seas have dried
When miracles have by the greatest been denied.
Contentious fierce,
Ardent, and dire, spring from no petty cause.
Contentious fierce,
Ardent, and dire, spring from no petty cause.
That from small fires comes oft no small mishap.
That from small fires comes oft no small mishap.
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.
