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Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.
Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.
Musick helps not the tooth-ach.
Musick helps not the tooth-ach.
He that serves, must serve.
He that serves, must serve.
The house is a fine house, when good folks are within.
The house is a fine house, when good folks are within.
Idleness induces caprice.
Idleness induces caprice.
As with a little girl playing with her nurse, the toy which she
eagerly sought she soon tires of read more
As with a little girl playing with her nurse, the toy which she
eagerly sought she soon tires of and discards.
You kick against the goad.
You kick against the goad.
Building is a sweet impoverishing.
Building is a sweet impoverishing.
Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.
Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.
