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If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.
If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.
Knowledge is folly, except grace guide it.
Knowledge is folly, except grace guide it.
There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
Experience teaches.
[Lat., Experientia docet.]
Experience teaches.
[Lat., Experientia docet.]
'Tis all in vain to keep a constant pother
About one vice and fall into another.
'Tis all in vain to keep a constant pother
About one vice and fall into another.
Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
When things are at the worst they sometimes mend.
When things are at the worst they sometimes mend.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
