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I hate ingratitude more in man
Than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness,
Or any taint of vice.
I hate ingratitude more in man
Than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness,
Or any taint of vice.
A noble plant suites not with a stubborne ground.
A noble plant suites not with a stubborne ground.
When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer,
strike your fill.
When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer,
strike your fill.
I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.
I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.
Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy read more
Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy took its wing;
I sat, but neither heard nor saw.
God keep me from false friends!
God keep me from false friends!
Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
God oft hath a great share in a little house.
God oft hath a great share in a little house.
