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Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.
Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.
Retirement without literary amusements is death itself, and a
living tomb.
Retirement without literary amusements is death itself, and a
living tomb.
Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
By penitence th' Eternal's wrath's appeas'd.
By penitence th' Eternal's wrath's appeas'd.
A woman sometimes scorns what best contents her.
A woman sometimes scorns what best contents her.
A fair day in winter is the mother of a storme.
A fair day in winter is the mother of a storme.
Where ignorance is bliss,
'Tis folly to be wise.
Where ignorance is bliss,
'Tis folly to be wise.
The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.
The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
