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Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.
Confidence cannot find a place wherein to rest in safety.
Confidence cannot find a place wherein to rest in safety.
God has joined the innocent with the guilty.
God has joined the innocent with the guilty.
I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heire.
I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heire.
It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.
It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.
He has no other recommendation, save an assumed and crafty
solemnity of demeanour.
He has no other recommendation, save an assumed and crafty
solemnity of demeanour.
A little nonsense now and then
Is relished by the wisest men.
A little nonsense now and then
Is relished by the wisest men.
Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.)
[Lat., Ne laterum laves.]
Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.)
[Lat., Ne laterum laves.]
A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
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A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A daw's not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.
