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All is well ended, if the suit be won.
All is well ended, if the suit be won.
Or will you think, my friend, your bus'ness done
When, of a hundred thorns, you pull out one.
Or will you think, my friend, your bus'ness done
When, of a hundred thorns, you pull out one.
A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.
A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.
"Rogue that I am," he whispers to himself,
"I lie, I cheat--do anything for pelf,
But who read more
"Rogue that I am," he whispers to himself,
"I lie, I cheat--do anything for pelf,
But who on earth can say I am not pious?"
That father perished at the stake
For tenets he would not forsake.
That father perished at the stake
For tenets he would not forsake.
There is more of bitterness than good nature in him.
There is more of bitterness than good nature in him.
He gives twice who gives quickly.
[Lat., Bis dat qui cito dat.]
- credited to Publius read more
He gives twice who gives quickly.
[Lat., Bis dat qui cito dat.]
- credited to Publius Syrus Mimus,
Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day,
Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away.
Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day,
Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away.
For over-warmth, if false, is worse than truth.
For over-warmth, if false, is worse than truth.