Hee that lookes not before, finds himselfe behind.

Hee that lookes not before, finds himselfe behind.

Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]

Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]

To weepe for joy is a kinde of Manna.

To weepe for joy is a kinde of Manna.

But why pursue the common tale?
Or wherefore show how knights prevail,
When ladies dare to hear?

But why pursue the common tale?
Or wherefore show how knights prevail,
When ladies dare to hear?

The mind does not easily unlearn what it has been long in
learning.

The mind does not easily unlearn what it has been long in
learning.

An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.

An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.

To err is human, to forgive, divine.

To err is human, to forgive, divine.

And there is a worm in the lonely wood,
That pierces the liver and blackens the blood,
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And there is a worm in the lonely wood,
That pierces the liver and blackens the blood,
And makes it a sorrow to be.

The orange that is too hard squeezed yields a bitter juice.

The orange that is too hard squeezed yields a bitter juice.