"Like as the waves make towards the..." - Quote by William Shakespeare
Like as the waves make towards the pebbl'd shore, so do our minutes, hasten to their end.
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“Beware of entrance to a quarrel, but, being in, bear t that th' opposed may beware of thee.”
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