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They appear but here and there swimming in the vasty deep. [The
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They appear but here and there swimming in the vasty deep. [The
portions of some books really worth notice are few and far
between.]
A smiling face is half the meal.
A smiling face is half the meal.
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
Corne is cleaned with winde, and the soule with chastnings.
Corne is cleaned with winde, and the soule with chastnings.
The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.
The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.
Springes to catch woodcocks.
Springes to catch woodcocks.
Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
Never less alone, than when alone.
Never less alone, than when alone.