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Impotent fury rages powerless and to no purpose.
Impotent fury rages powerless and to no purpose.
Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).
Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).
The truly noble mind has no resentments.
The truly noble mind has no resentments.
A Horse made, and a man to make.
A Horse made, and a man to make.
To make any gain some outlay is necessary.
To make any gain some outlay is necessary.
Ill natures, the more you aske them, the more they stick.
Ill natures, the more you aske them, the more they stick.
In the kingdome of blind men the one ey'd is king.
[In the kingdom of blind men the one read more
In the kingdome of blind men the one ey'd is king.
[In the kingdom of blind men the one eyed is king.]
Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak
Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.
Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak
Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.