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Who aspires must down as low
As high he soar'd.
Who aspires must down as low
As high he soar'd.
To live with them is far less sweet,
Than to remember thee!
To live with them is far less sweet,
Than to remember thee!
He will go back to the old faith he learnt
Beside his mother's knee.
He will go back to the old faith he learnt
Beside his mother's knee.
[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.
[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
He must of necessity fear many whom many fear.
He must of necessity fear many whom many fear.
The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep;
Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep.
The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep;
Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep.
Danger it selfe the best remedy for danger.
Danger it selfe the best remedy for danger.
The first degree of folly is to hold ones selfe wise, the second
to professe it, the third to read more
The first degree of folly is to hold ones selfe wise, the second
to professe it, the third to despise counsell.
