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Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze.
Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze.
It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own
impetuosity.
It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own
impetuosity.
Take the goods the gods provide thee.
Take the goods the gods provide thee.
The orange that is too hard squeezed yields a bitter juice.
The orange that is too hard squeezed yields a bitter juice.
Love makes one fitt for any work.
Love makes one fitt for any work.
Bells call others, but themselves enter not into the Church.
Bells call others, but themselves enter not into the Church.
Tender-handed stroke a nettle,
And it stings you for your pains;
Grasp it like a man of read more
Tender-handed stroke a nettle,
And it stings you for your pains;
Grasp it like a man of mettle,
And it soft as silk remains.
'Tis the same with common natures,
Use 'em kindly, they rebel;
But, be rough as nutmeg-graters,
And the rogues obey you well.
