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Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
Where it concerns himself,
Who's angry at a slander, makes it true.
Where it concerns himself,
Who's angry at a slander, makes it true.
In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not
discretion.
In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not
discretion.
He can do most who has most power.
He can do most who has most power.
Wode has erys, felde has sigt.
Wode has erys, felde has sigt.
The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master
from the house.
The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master
from the house.
This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.
This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.
An oath that is not to bee made is not to be kept.
An oath that is not to bee made is not to be kept.
Hee that makes a thing too fine, breakes it.
Hee that makes a thing too fine, breakes it.