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Confound
The attempt and not the deed, confounds us.
Shakespeare
.Macbeth, Act II. Scene 2. (Lady Macbeth.)
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If ever fearful
To do a thing, when I the issue doubted,
Whereof the execution did cry out
Against the non-performance; twas a fear
Which oft infects the wisest.
Shakespeare
.Winters Tale, Act I. Scene 2. (Camillo to Leontes.)
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