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A word spoken in due season, how good is it!
A word spoken in due season, how good is it!
Hee is a foole that thinks not that another thinks.
Hee is a foole that thinks not that another thinks.
If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.
If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.
The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly.
[There is no jollity but hath a smack of read more
There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly.
[There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
Where Mercy, Love, and Pity dwell There God is dwelling too. For Mercy has a human heart, Pity a human read more
Where Mercy, Love, and Pity dwell There God is dwelling too. For Mercy has a human heart, Pity a human face, And Love, the human form divine, And Peace, the human dress.
Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more.
Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more.
A fool's bolt is soon shot.
A fool's bolt is soon shot.
Things which of themselves avail nothing, when united become
powerful.
Things which of themselves avail nothing, when united become
powerful.
