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Seek not to inquire what the morrow will bring with it.
Seek not to inquire what the morrow will bring with it.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops.
Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops.
Ty it well, and let it goe.
Ty it well, and let it goe.
A gift in time of need is most acceptable.
A gift in time of need is most acceptable.
With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy read more
With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy ambition finds.
He will burne his house, to warme his hands.
He will burne his house, to warme his hands.
What were vices have become the fashion of the day.
What were vices have become the fashion of the day.
He who gets the better of an irascible temperament conquers his
worst enemy.
He who gets the better of an irascible temperament conquers his
worst enemy.
