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The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
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But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
Casts off its bright skin yearly like a snake.
My poverty, but not my will consents.
My poverty, but not my will consents.
Fooles give to please all but their owne.
Fooles give to please all but their owne.
He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.
He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
It a wretched thing to suffer at the hand of one of whom we
cannot complain.
It a wretched thing to suffer at the hand of one of whom we
cannot complain.
