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Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to
eat, and much less of strife read more
Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to
eat, and much less of strife and envy to contend with. [To noise
abroad our success is to invite envy and competition.]
Love is the true price of love.
Love is the true price of love.
Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg,
never quits his track.
Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg,
never quits his track.
Who paies the Physitian, does the cure.
Who paies the Physitian, does the cure.
Strength without judgment falls by its own weight.
Strength without judgment falls by its own weight.
The mind still longs for what it has missed, and loses itself in
the contemplation of the past.
The mind still longs for what it has missed, and loses itself in
the contemplation of the past.
If things look badly to-day they may look better tomorrow.
If things look badly to-day they may look better tomorrow.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
What sweeter gift from nature has fallen to the lot of man than
his children?
What sweeter gift from nature has fallen to the lot of man than
his children?
