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Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.
Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.
But neither bended knees, pure hands held up,
Sad sighs, deep groans, nor silver-shedding tears,
Could penetrate read more
But neither bended knees, pure hands held up,
Sad sighs, deep groans, nor silver-shedding tears,
Could penetrate her uncompassionate sire.
One hand washeth another, and both the face.
One hand washeth another, and both the face.
The worst punishment of all is, that in the court of his own
conscience no guilty man is acquitted.
The worst punishment of all is, that in the court of his own
conscience no guilty man is acquitted.
He that will enter into Paradise, must have a good key.
He that will enter into Paradise, must have a good key.
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with
all thy getting get understanding.
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with
all thy getting get understanding.
This is the reward of my folly.
This is the reward of my folly.
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some read more
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some dang'rous taint they bear;
So roses grow on thorns, and honey wears a sting.
Are you not accustomed to look at home, when you abuse others?
Are you not accustomed to look at home, when you abuse others?
