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On painting and fighting looke aloofe.
On painting and fighting looke aloofe.
In the end truth will out.
In the end truth will out.
The point is plain as a pike staff.
The point is plain as a pike staff.
He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.
He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.
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?
He that staies does the businesse.
He that staies does the businesse.
. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
Joking apart, now let us be serious.
Joking apart, now let us be serious.
Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.
Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.
