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Though fame is smoke,
Its fumes are frankincense to human thought.
Though fame is smoke,
Its fumes are frankincense to human thought.
What is harder than stone?
What more soft than water?
Nevertheless hard though the rock be, it read more
What is harder than stone?
What more soft than water?
Nevertheless hard though the rock be, it is hollowed by the wave.
A feeble dart short of its mark.
A feeble dart short of its mark.
Retirement without literary amusements is death itself, and a
living tomb.
Retirement without literary amusements is death itself, and a
living tomb.
An old mans staffe is the rapper of deaths doore.
An old mans staffe is the rapper of deaths doore.
A wise man does nothing by constraint.
A wise man does nothing by constraint.
The yeare doth nothing else but open and shut.
The yeare doth nothing else but open and shut.
To make a commencement requires a mental effort.
To make a commencement requires a mental effort.
One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a
hundred sons one father.
One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a
hundred sons one father.
