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Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.
We do pray for mercy,
And that same prayer doth teach us all to render
The deeds read more
We do pray for mercy,
And that same prayer doth teach us all to render
The deeds of mercy.
Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.
Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.
Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from
betraying guilt!
[Heu! quam difficile est crimen non read more
Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from
betraying guilt!
[Heu! quam difficile est crimen non prodere vultu.]
Great actions are not always true sons
Of great and mighty resolutions.
Great actions are not always true sons
Of great and mighty resolutions.
Into a mouth shut flies flie not.
Into a mouth shut flies flie not.
Who hath none to still him, may weepe out his eyes.
Who hath none to still him, may weepe out his eyes.
Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain.
Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain.
