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Danger it selfe the best remedy for danger.
Danger it selfe the best remedy for danger.
Occupy yourself, and you will be out of harm's way.
Occupy yourself, and you will be out of harm's way.
He will burne his house, to warme his hands.
He will burne his house, to warme his hands.
Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.
Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
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One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in ours, some neighboring nation,
Taking advantage of our misery,
Hath stuffed the hollow vessels with their power,
To beat us down, the which are down already;
And make a conquest of unhappy,
Whereas no glory 's got to overcome.
Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
What's done can't be undone.
[Fr., Ce qui est faicr ne se peult desfaire.]
What's done can't be undone.
[Fr., Ce qui est faicr ne se peult desfaire.]
We live by reposing trust in each other.
We live by reposing trust in each other.
It's no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
It's no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
