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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
Sit in your place and none can make you rise.
Sit in your place and none can make you rise.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Where your will is ready, your feete are light.
Where your will is ready, your feete are light.
It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our
past life with pleasure.
It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our
past life with pleasure.
The remedy is worse than the disease.
The remedy is worse than the disease.
Seeing is different than being told.
Seeing is different than being told.
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a read more
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a harder task to prove--
By firm resolve to conquer love!
