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Hee that falles into the durt, the longer he stayes there, the
fowler he is.
Hee that falles into the durt, the longer he stayes there, the
fowler he is.
Hee that lives ill, feare followes him.
Hee that lives ill, feare followes him.
Slight are the outward signs of evil thought.
Slight are the outward signs of evil thought.
Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.
Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.
Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.
Great things rush to the destruction of each other.
Great things rush to the destruction of each other.
To his tuned spirit the wild heather-bells
Ring Sabbath knells;
The sod's a cushion for his pious read more
To his tuned spirit the wild heather-bells
Ring Sabbath knells;
The sod's a cushion for his pious want,
And, consecrated by the heaven within it,
The sky-blue pool a font.
