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O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.
O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.
Every man makes a god of his own desire.
Every man makes a god of his own desire.
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
In hard times, no less than in prosperity, preserve equanimity.
In hard times, no less than in prosperity, preserve equanimity.
Strike up the dance, the cava bowl fill high.
Strike up the dance, the cava bowl fill high.
God gives his wrath by weight, and without weight his mercy.
God gives his wrath by weight, and without weight his mercy.
To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean read more
To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean and plant himself afresh.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
