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The more highminded a man is the more easily is his anger
appeased.
The more highminded a man is the more easily is his anger
appeased.
Cruelty is more cruell, if we defer the pain.
Cruelty is more cruell, if we defer the pain.
For no one cares for matrimonial cooings,
There's nothing wrong in a connubial kiss.
For no one cares for matrimonial cooings,
There's nothing wrong in a connubial kiss.
A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy.
Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy.
Men freely believe that which they wish to be the truth.
Men freely believe that which they wish to be the truth.
God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.
God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.
The groundsell speakes not save what it heard at the hinges.
The groundsell speakes not save what it heard at the hinges.
But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your
children, and will not keep my read more
But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your
children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which
I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship
them:
Then I will cut off Israel out of the land which I have given
them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I
cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword
among all people:
And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it
shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath
the Lord done thus unto this land, and to this house?