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A stone in a well is not lost.
A stone in a well is not lost.
Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow.
Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow.
No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
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No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
And flow as now it flows.
Never had ill workeman good tooles.
Never had ill workeman good tooles.
He that will enter into Paradise, must have a good key.
He that will enter into Paradise, must have a good key.
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.
Demons in act, but gods at least in face.
Demons in act, but gods at least in face.
A woman's general. What should we fear?
A woman's general. What should we fear?
There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
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There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock;
the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man
with a maid.
