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Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.
Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
Her pretty action did outsell her gift,
And yet enriched it too. She gave it me and said
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Her pretty action did outsell her gift,
And yet enriched it too. She gave it me and said
She prized it once.
When the night's darkest the dawn is nearest.
When the night's darkest the dawn is nearest.
When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often
mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large.
When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often
mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large.
Virtue alone is happiness below.
Virtue alone is happiness below.