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Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.
Take heed of a step-mother; the very name of her sufficeth.
Take heed of a step-mother; the very name of her sufficeth.
But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your
children, and will not keep my read more
But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your
children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which
I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship
them:
Then I will cut off Israel out of the land which I have given
them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I
cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword
among all people:
And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it
shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath
the Lord done thus unto this land, and to this house?
A little lett lets an ill workeman.
A little lett lets an ill workeman.
A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.
A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be read more
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be holp by backward turning;
One desperate grief cures with another's languish.
Hee that blowes in the dust fills his eyes with it.
Hee that blowes in the dust fills his eyes with it.
In the mouth of a bad dog fals often a good bone.
In the mouth of a bad dog fals often a good bone.
Beware the fury of a patient man.
Beware the fury of a patient man.