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Valour that parlies is neare yeelding.
Valour that parlies is neare yeelding.
The far-off interest of tears.
The far-off interest of tears.
He who assists the wicked will in time rue it.
He who assists the wicked will in time rue it.
For violent fires soon burn out themselves.
For violent fires soon burn out themselves.
If gaming does an aged sire entice,
Then my young master swiftly learns the vice.
If gaming does an aged sire entice,
Then my young master swiftly learns the vice.
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.
In the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
In the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?
But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.
But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.
