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An honest tale speeds best being plainly told.
An honest tale speeds best being plainly told.
Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.
Who backs his rigid Sabbath, so to speak,
Against the wicked remnant of the week."
Who backs his rigid Sabbath, so to speak,
Against the wicked remnant of the week."
No hair so small but hath his shadow.
No hair so small but hath his shadow.
Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.
Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.
Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win,
By fearing to read more
Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win,
By fearing to attempt.
Who dainties love shall beggars prove.
Who dainties love shall beggars prove.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
