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When the night's darkest the dawn is nearest.
When the night's darkest the dawn is nearest.
At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
All Nature's read more
At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
All Nature's children feel the matin spring
Of life reviving, with reviving day.
Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind.
[Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio.]
Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind.
[Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio.]
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied read more
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pitch and moment,
With this regard their currents turn awry,
And lose the name of action.
He carries well, to whom it waighes not.
He carries well, to whom it waighes not.
All powerful is the rule of fashion.
All powerful is the rule of fashion.
He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.
He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.
Deceive not thy Physitian, Confessor, nor Lawyer.
Deceive not thy Physitian, Confessor, nor Lawyer.
To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).
To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).
