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Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
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Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
Of guiltless joy that guilt can know.
Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.
Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.
He gives twice who gives quickly.
[Lat., Bis dat qui cito dat.]
- credited to Publius read more
He gives twice who gives quickly.
[Lat., Bis dat qui cito dat.]
- credited to Publius Syrus Mimus,
Although it raine, throw not away thy watering pot.
Although it raine, throw not away thy watering pot.
She was one of those who by fortune's boon
Are born, as they say, with a silver spoon
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She was one of those who by fortune's boon
Are born, as they say, with a silver spoon
In her mouth, not a wooden ladle.
He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.
He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.
That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes
of others.
That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes
of others.
The foule Toade hath a faire stone in his head.
The foule Toade hath a faire stone in his head.
