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Every one fastens where there is gaine.
Every one fastens where there is gaine.
Man's extremity is God's opportunity.
Man's extremity is God's opportunity.
The maxims of men reveal their characters.
[Fr., Les maximes des hommes decelent leur coeur.]
The maxims of men reveal their characters.
[Fr., Les maximes des hommes decelent leur coeur.]
It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.
It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one,
and love the other; or else read more
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one,
and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise
the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
It is peculiarly a fool's habit to discern the faults of others,
and to forget his own.
It is peculiarly a fool's habit to discern the faults of others,
and to forget his own.
He, who will not pardon others, must not himself expect pardon.
He, who will not pardon others, must not himself expect pardon.
No creature smarts so little as a fool.
No creature smarts so little as a fool.
