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Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops.
Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops.
Leave her to Heaven,
And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge,
To prick and sting read more
Leave her to Heaven,
And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge,
To prick and sting her.
Do you desire not to be angry? Be not inquisitive. He who
inquires what is said of him only read more
Do you desire not to be angry? Be not inquisitive. He who
inquires what is said of him only works out his own misery.
The ignorant hath an Eagles wings, and an Owles eyes.
The ignorant hath an Eagles wings, and an Owles eyes.
When a dog is a drowning, everyone offers him drink.
When a dog is a drowning, everyone offers him drink.
Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.]
Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.]
A woman conceales what shee knowes not.
A woman conceales what shee knowes not.
Know, prudent cautious self-control
Is wisdom's root.
Know, prudent cautious self-control
Is wisdom's root.
For man is man, and master of his fate.
For man is man, and master of his fate.
