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Who is there that, shooting all day long, does not sometimes hit
the mark?
Who is there that, shooting all day long, does not sometimes hit
the mark?
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.
A stone in a well is not lost.
A stone in a well is not lost.
Faire language grates not the tongue.
Faire language grates not the tongue.
Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
That which sufficeth is not little.
That which sufficeth is not little.
He who excuses himself, accuses himself.
[Fr., Qui s'excuse, s'accuse.]
He who excuses himself, accuses himself.
[Fr., Qui s'excuse, s'accuse.]
The generous heart
Should scorn a pleasure which gives others pain.
The generous heart
Should scorn a pleasure which gives others pain.
