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If the braine sowes not corne, it plants thistles.
If the braine sowes not corne, it plants thistles.
God's in His Heaven--
All's right with the world!
God's in His Heaven--
All's right with the world!
One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
He enters the port with a full sail.
He enters the port with a full sail.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
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Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
And some condemned for a fault alone.
The silence often of pure innocence
Persuades, when speaking fails.
The silence often of pure innocence
Persuades, when speaking fails.
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
Pardons and pleasantnesse are great revenges of slanders.
Pardons and pleasantnesse are great revenges of slanders.
