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Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.
The more they drink the more they thirst.
The more they drink the more they thirst.
Whither goest thou?
[Lat., Quo vadis?]
Whither goest thou?
[Lat., Quo vadis?]
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.
O let not women's weapons, water-drops,
Stain my man's cheeks!
O let not women's weapons, water-drops,
Stain my man's cheeks!
Every man's friend is no man's friend.
Every man's friend is no man's friend.
Laughter holding both his sides.
Laughter holding both his sides.
Every ill man hath his ill day.
Every ill man hath his ill day.
