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Patience revels in misfortunes.
Patience revels in misfortunes.
He who injures one man threatens many.
He who injures one man threatens many.
The mind still longs for what it has missed, and loses itself in
the contemplation of the past.
The mind still longs for what it has missed, and loses itself in
the contemplation of the past.
There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
The devil hath power
To assume a pleasing shape.
The devil hath power
To assume a pleasing shape.
A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind!
The thief doth fear each bush an officer.
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind!
The thief doth fear each bush an officer.
For, wake where'er he may, man wakes to care and coil.
For, wake where'er he may, man wakes to care and coil.
Not surpassing in crafty measures, but in the power of arms.
Not surpassing in crafty measures, but in the power of arms.