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Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.
Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.
There is as much love between you and me as between the wolf and
the lamb.
There is as much love between you and me as between the wolf and
the lamb.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
Don't promise twice what you can do at once.
Don't promise twice what you can do at once.
For violent fires soon burn out themselves.
For violent fires soon burn out themselves.
Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
Not treasured wealth, nor the consul's lictor, can dispel the
mind's bitter conflicts and the cares that flit, like read more
Not treasured wealth, nor the consul's lictor, can dispel the
mind's bitter conflicts and the cares that flit, like bats, about
your fretted roofs.
'Tis pleasant to stand on shore and watch others labouring in a
stormy sea.
'Tis pleasant to stand on shore and watch others labouring in a
stormy sea.
We take no note of time
But from its loss.
We take no note of time
But from its loss.