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If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
Enjoy thankfully any happy hour heaven may send you, nor think
that your delights will keep till another year.
Enjoy thankfully any happy hour heaven may send you, nor think
that your delights will keep till another year.
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth
knowledge increaseth sorrow.
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth
knowledge increaseth sorrow.
Take time: much may be gained by patience.
Take time: much may be gained by patience.
A faire death honours the whole life.
A faire death honours the whole life.
No one delights more in revenge than a woman.
No one delights more in revenge than a woman.
Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat.
When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat.
What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
