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And quick his colour went and came,
As fear and rage alternate rose.
And quick his colour went and came,
As fear and rage alternate rose.
Modesty once lost, never returns into favour.
Modesty once lost, never returns into favour.
Some falls the means are happier to rise.
Some falls the means are happier to rise.
Fortune favors the brave.
[Lat., Fortes fortuna adjuvat.]
Fortune favors the brave.
[Lat., Fortes fortuna adjuvat.]
Who's to look after the keepers?
Who's to look after the keepers?
What mare's nest hast thou found?
What mare's nest hast thou found?
Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter,
or as a fool to the correction read more
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter,
or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the
snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a
Chappell hard by.
[No sooner read more
No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a
Chappell hard by.
[No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devil builds a chapel
hard by.]
