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How use doth breed a habit in a man!
How use doth breed a habit in a man!
Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]
Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]
Let not him that feares feathers come among wild-foule.
Let not him that feares feathers come among wild-foule.
Designedly God covers in dark night the issue of futurity.
Designedly God covers in dark night the issue of futurity.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Tender-handed stroke a nettle,
And it stings you for your pains;
Grasp it like a man of read more
Tender-handed stroke a nettle,
And it stings you for your pains;
Grasp it like a man of mettle,
And it soft as silk remains.
'Tis the same with common natures,
Use 'em kindly, they rebel;
But, be rough as nutmeg-graters,
And the rogues obey you well.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new.
The face, not the woman is the attraction.
The face, not the woman is the attraction.
Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict.
Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict.
