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Treading softly like a thief,
Lest the harsh shingle should grate underfoot,
And feeling all along the read more
Treading softly like a thief,
Lest the harsh shingle should grate underfoot,
And feeling all along the garden wall.
Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.
Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.
In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you
embrace another.
In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you
embrace another.
Lightning strikes the tops of the mountains.
Lightning strikes the tops of the mountains.
Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money.
Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money.
With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye.
With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye.
A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad,
will work out his ruin.
A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad,
will work out his ruin.
There are calumnies against which even innocence loses courage.
There are calumnies against which even innocence loses courage.
