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Let them call it mischief;
Then it is past and prosper'd, 'twill be virtue.
Let them call it mischief;
Then it is past and prosper'd, 'twill be virtue.
You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!
You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!
In vaine is the mill-clacke, if the Miller his hearing lack.
In vaine is the mill-clacke, if the Miller his hearing lack.
Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done,
Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won.
Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done,
Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won.
You began better than you have finished; the last act is not
equal to the first.
You began better than you have finished; the last act is not
equal to the first.
There is no reliance to be placed on appearance.
There is no reliance to be placed on appearance.
The greatest step is that out of doores.
[The greatest step is that out of doors.]
The greatest step is that out of doores.
[The greatest step is that out of doors.]
He who wishes to injure another, will soon find a pretext.
He who wishes to injure another, will soon find a pretext.
He who accuses another of wrong should look well into his own
conduct.
He who accuses another of wrong should look well into his own
conduct.