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Yield not to calamity, but face her boldly.
Yield not to calamity, but face her boldly.
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one,
and love the other; or else read more
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one,
and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise
the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Most men are bad.
Most men are bad.
The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.
The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.
He that will enter into Paradise, must have a good key.
He that will enter into Paradise, must have a good key.
There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse
of brain, says the Spaniard.
There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse
of brain, says the Spaniard.
Nothing is more obnoxious than a low person raised to a high
position.
Nothing is more obnoxious than a low person raised to a high
position.
Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turn'd,
Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.
Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turn'd,
Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.
And last, the crown of a' my grief.
And last, the crown of a' my grief.
