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The bitter past, more welcome is the sweet.
The bitter past, more welcome is the sweet.
When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often
mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large.
When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often
mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large.
Look you! I myself am nearest to myself.
Look you! I myself am nearest to myself.
I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop read more
I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop a little from her hand,
Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves,
And with a silk thread plucks it back again.
Just when you think you've finally hit bottom, someone tosses you
a shovel.
Just when you think you've finally hit bottom, someone tosses you
a shovel.
Doe what thou oughtest, and come what come can.
Doe what thou oughtest, and come what come can.
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
No tye can oblige the perfidious.
[No tie can oblige the perfidious.]
No tye can oblige the perfidious.
[No tie can oblige the perfidious.]
