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What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?
What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?
Omittance is no quittance.
Omittance is no quittance.
Concealed anger is to be feared; but hatred openly manifested
destroys its chance of revenge.
Concealed anger is to be feared; but hatred openly manifested
destroys its chance of revenge.
A fickle and capricious woman.
A fickle and capricious woman.
Nothing succeeds like success.
[Fr., Rien ne reussit comme le succes.]
Nothing succeeds like success.
[Fr., Rien ne reussit comme le succes.]
Life's cares are comforts; such by heaven design'd
He that has none, must make them or be wretched.
Life's cares are comforts; such by heaven design'd
He that has none, must make them or be wretched.
Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
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Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks;
Arm it in rags, a pygmy's straw does pierce it.
Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
