For want of a naile the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the
horse is lost, for read more

For want of a naile the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the
horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost.

Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
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Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day.

All that's bright must fade,--
The brightest still the fleetest;
All that's sweet was made
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All that's bright must fade,--
The brightest still the fleetest;
All that's sweet was made
But to be lost when sweetest.

Doe what thou oughtest, and come what come can.

Doe what thou oughtest, and come what come can.

Let every man find pleasure in practising the profession he has
learnt.

Let every man find pleasure in practising the profession he has
learnt.

Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd,
Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest;
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Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd,
Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest;
Fate never wounds more deep the generous heart,
Than when a blockhead's insult points the dart.

Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with
increased violence.

Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with
increased violence.

And Jove but laughs at lovers' perjury.

And Jove but laughs at lovers' perjury.

If God lived on earth, people would break his windows.

If God lived on earth, people would break his windows.