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Foul-spoken coward, that thunder'st with thy tongue,
And with thy weapon nothing dar'st perform.
Foul-spoken coward, that thunder'st with thy tongue,
And with thy weapon nothing dar'st perform.
Anger manages everything badly.
Anger manages everything badly.
'Tis best to pause, and think, ere you rush on.
'Tis best to pause, and think, ere you rush on.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
This is my wish, this is my command, my pleasure is my reason.
This is my wish, this is my command, my pleasure is my reason.
The faulty stands on his guard.
The faulty stands on his guard.
He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the
Dead (i.e. books).
He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the
Dead (i.e. books).
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter,
or as a fool to the correction read more
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter,
or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the
snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
He that thinks amiss, concludes worse.
He that thinks amiss, concludes worse.
