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Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait.
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait.
The vertue of a coward is suspition.
The vertue of a coward is suspition.
A mind conscious of its own rectitude.
[Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]
A mind conscious of its own rectitude.
[Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]
A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind.
A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind.
You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!
You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!
When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash;
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When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash;
when the ash is before the oak, then you may expect a soak.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
