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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.
An undying hatred, and a wound never to be healed.
An undying hatred, and a wound never to be healed.
They say, best men are moulded out of faults.
They say, best men are moulded out of faults.
A wise man does nothing by constraint.
A wise man does nothing by constraint.
He makes no friend who never made a foe.
He makes no friend who never made a foe.
A wise man needes not blush for changing his purpose.
A wise man needes not blush for changing his purpose.
The more virtuous a man himself is, the less does he suspect
baseness in others.
The more virtuous a man himself is, the less does he suspect
baseness in others.
A cherefull looke makes a dish a feast.
[A cheerful look makes a dish a feast.]
A cherefull looke makes a dish a feast.
[A cheerful look makes a dish a feast.]
He that's foolish in the fault, let him be wise in the
punishment.
He that's foolish in the fault, let him be wise in the
punishment.
