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(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.
(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.
Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.
Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.
The reverse side also has a reverse side.
The reverse side also has a reverse side.
He that serves well needes not ask his wages.
He that serves well needes not ask his wages.
Wine is a turne-coate (first a friend, then an enemy).
Wine is a turne-coate (first a friend, then an enemy).
The thought hath good leggs, and the quill a good tongue.
The thought hath good leggs, and the quill a good tongue.
Happy the man who, removed from all cares of business, after the
manner of his forefathers cultivates with his read more
Happy the man who, removed from all cares of business, after the
manner of his forefathers cultivates with his own team his
paternal acres, freed from all thought of usury.
Idle people have the least leisure.
Idle people have the least leisure.
At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
All Nature's read more
At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
All Nature's children feel the matin spring
Of life reviving, with reviving day.
