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Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turn'd,
Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.
Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turn'd,
Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
Fooles bite one another, but wise-men agree together.
Fooles bite one another, but wise-men agree together.
There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly.
[There is no jollity but hath a smack of read more
There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly.
[There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries.
It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries.
He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he read more
He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he stronger, then spare
yourself.
Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy.
Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy.
The good refrain from sin from the pure love of virtue.
The good refrain from sin from the pure love of virtue.
With devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
With devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
