Familiar Quotations / A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to / Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature

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And oftentimes excusing of a fault

Doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.[80:1]

King John. Act iv. Sc. 2.

We cannot hold mortality's strong hand.

King John. Act iv. Sc. 2.

Make haste; the better foot before.

King John. Act iv. Sc. 2.

I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus,

The whilst his iron did on the anvil cool,