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The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
Let never maiden think, however fair,
She is not fairer in new clothes than old.
Let never maiden think, however fair,
She is not fairer in new clothes than old.
The Court hath no Almanack.
The Court hath no Almanack.
Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.
Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth.
But in the glances of his eye
A penetrating keen and sly
Expression found its home.
But in the glances of his eye
A penetrating keen and sly
Expression found its home.
I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
[Lat., Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.]
I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
[Lat., Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.]
He cannot be vertuous that is not rigorous.
He cannot be vertuous that is not rigorous.
For whom the Lord liveth he correcteth.
For whom the Lord liveth he correcteth.