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If any man shall have ears to hear, let him hear.
If any man shall have ears to hear, let him hear.
Labour with what zeal we will,
Something still remains undone,
Something uncompleted still
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Labour with what zeal we will,
Something still remains undone,
Something uncompleted still
Waits the rising of the sun.
Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.
Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.
We are slow to believe that which, if true, would grieve us.
We are slow to believe that which, if true, would grieve us.
The faults of our neighbours with freedom we blame,
But tax not ourselves, though we practise the same.
The faults of our neighbours with freedom we blame,
But tax not ourselves, though we practise the same.
Let the worst come to the worst.
Let the worst come to the worst.
He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.
He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.
The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]
The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]
Some falls the means are happier to rise.
Some falls the means are happier to rise.