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Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
For violent fires soon burn out themselves.
For violent fires soon burn out themselves.
Whose wit in the combat as gentle as bright
Ne'er carried a heartstain away on its blade.
Whose wit in the combat as gentle as bright
Ne'er carried a heartstain away on its blade.
He that cockers his child, provides for his enemie.
He that cockers his child, provides for his enemie.
No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
He that beleeveth all, misseth; hee that beleeveth nothing, hitts
not.
He that beleeveth all, misseth; hee that beleeveth nothing, hitts
not.
The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active
employment.
The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active
employment.
As the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
As the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
