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The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
Is like a scorpion girt by fire.
The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
Is like a scorpion girt by fire.
Let him love none and be by none beloved!
Let him love none and be by none beloved!
The style is the man.
[Fr., Le style c'est l'homme.]
The style is the man.
[Fr., Le style c'est l'homme.]
One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.
One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.
A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.
A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.
Three can hold their peace, if two be away.
Three can hold their peace, if two be away.
Fighting without concert, they suffer universal defeat.
Fighting without concert, they suffer universal defeat.
Endure the present, and watch for better things.
Endure the present, and watch for better things.
