Happy, twice happy, you who dwell in the country, if you only
knew the pleasures which surround you!

Happy, twice happy, you who dwell in the country, if you only
knew the pleasures which surround you!

Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.

Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.

He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.

He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.

Every picture tells a story.

Every picture tells a story.

There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
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There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock;
the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man
with a maid.

For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her
mouth is smoother than oil:
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For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her
mouth is smoother than oil:
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

In hard times, no less than in prosperity, preserve equanimity.

In hard times, no less than in prosperity, preserve equanimity.

Reckon right, and February hath one and thirty daies.

Reckon right, and February hath one and thirty daies.

In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.

In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.