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A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.
A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.
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 little given seasonably excuses a great gift.
A little given seasonably excuses a great gift.
What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.
What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.
By flying, men often rush into the midst of calamities.
By flying, men often rush into the midst of calamities.
A peace above all earthly dignities,
A still and quiet conscience.
A peace above all earthly dignities,
A still and quiet conscience.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
Take heed of the wrath of a mighty man, and the tumult of the
people.
Take heed of the wrath of a mighty man, and the tumult of the
people.
