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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
He who wants to get rich wants to get rich quickly.
He who wants to get rich wants to get rich quickly.
Man naturally yearns for novelty.
Man naturally yearns for novelty.
Timid dogs more eagerly bark than bite.
Timid dogs more eagerly bark than bite.
Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.
Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.
But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
And what love can do, that does love attempt.
And what love can do, that does love attempt.
Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you're
a good man, you're a wonder!
Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you're
a good man, you're a wonder!
Now clothed like a Roman, now like a Greek. [An inconstant,
perfidious man.]
Now clothed like a Roman, now like a Greek. [An inconstant,
perfidious man.]