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Tears ready to do duty at a minute's notice.
Tears ready to do duty at a minute's notice.
I have a kind of alacrity in sinking.
I have a kind of alacrity in sinking.
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so,
execute with vigour.
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so,
execute with vigour.
As wither'd roses yield a late perfume.
As wither'd roses yield a late perfume.
All our pompe the earth covers.
All our pompe the earth covers.
What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?
What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?
Better spare to have of thine own, then aske of other men.
Better spare to have of thine own, then aske of other men.
The best mirrour is an old friend.
The best mirrour is an old friend.
Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.
Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.