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He that contemplates hath a day without night.
He that contemplates hath a day without night.
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
There are calumnies against which even innocence loses courage.
There are calumnies against which even innocence loses courage.
A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
Learne weeping, and thou shalt laugh gayning.
Learne weeping, and thou shalt laugh gayning.
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
Who dainties love shall beggars prove.
Who dainties love shall beggars prove.
Crime oft recoils upon the author's head.
Crime oft recoils upon the author's head.
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so,
execute with vigour.
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so,
execute with vigour.
