Quotes
First, then, a woman will or won't, depend on 't; If she will do 't, she will; and there 's an end on 't. But if she won't, since safe and sound your trust is, Fear is affront, and jealousy injustice. But me no buts. 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. Courage is poorly housed that dwells in numbers; the lion never counts the herd that are about him, nor weighs how many flocks he has to scatter. Customs form us all, our thoughts, our morals, our most fixed beliefs; are consequences of our place of birth. Reason gains all people by compelling none. Youth is ever apt to judge in haste, and lose the medium in the wild extreme.aaron hill
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