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For the same man to be an heretick and a good subject, is
incompossible.
For the same man to be an heretick and a good subject, is
incompossible.
Bear with evil, and expect good.
Bear with evil, and expect good.
This victory will be your I ruin.
This victory will be your I ruin.
Fooles give to please all but their owne.
Fooles give to please all but their owne.
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the read more
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position of others,
dissatisfied with our own.]
How blessings brighten as they take their flight.
How blessings brighten as they take their flight.
Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.
Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.
When God will punish, hee will first take away the understanding.
When God will punish, hee will first take away the understanding.
He that hath no ill fortune is troubled with good.
He that hath no ill fortune is troubled with good.
