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He who gives himself airs of importance, exhibits the credentials
of impotence.
He who gives himself airs of importance, exhibits the credentials
of impotence.
God made not pleasures for the rich alone.
God made not pleasures for the rich alone.
Good & quickly seldome meete.
Good & quickly seldome meete.
Thou marvell'st at my words, but hold thee still;
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Thou marvell'st at my words, but hold thee still;
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
I had rather aske of my sire browne bread, then borrow of my
neighbour white.
I had rather aske of my sire browne bread, then borrow of my
neighbour white.
What is now an act of reason, was but blind impulse.
What is now an act of reason, was but blind impulse.
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have read more
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have died away,
And clouds, beneath the glancing ray,
Melt off, and leave the land and sea
Sleeping in bright tranquillity.
It is as well now and then not to remember all we know.
It is as well now and then not to remember all we know.
The chiefe boxe of health is time.
The chiefe boxe of health is time.
