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Her voice was ever soft,
Gentle, and low, an excellent thing in woman.
Her voice was ever soft,
Gentle, and low, an excellent thing in woman.
The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.
The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.
Hee that labours and thrives spins gold.
Hee that labours and thrives spins gold.
Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.
Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.
Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.
Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.
Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
Better late than never.
[Lat., Potius sero quam nunquam.]
Better late than never.
[Lat., Potius sero quam nunquam.]
A people without history is like the wind on the buffalo grass.
A people without history is like the wind on the buffalo grass.