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Where there are many counsellors there is safety.
Where there are many counsellors there is safety.
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in
joke.
It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in
joke.
Give me the soft sigh, whilst the soul-telling eye
Is dimm'd for a time with a tear.
Give me the soft sigh, whilst the soul-telling eye
Is dimm'd for a time with a tear.
A journying woman speakes much of all, and all of her.
A journying woman speakes much of all, and all of her.
Who like sour fruit to stir their veins' salt tides.
Who like sour fruit to stir their veins' salt tides.
When children stand quiet, they have done some ill.
When children stand quiet, they have done some ill.
Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will.
Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will.
Sweet are the uses of adversity,
Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious read more
Sweet are the uses of adversity,
Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
