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A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
Know, prudent cautious self-control
Is wisdom's root.
Know, prudent cautious self-control
Is wisdom's root.
Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes.
Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes.
For night owls shriek where mounting larks should sing.
For night owls shriek where mounting larks should sing.
He is a fool who thinks by force or skill,
To turn the current of a woman's will.
He is a fool who thinks by force or skill,
To turn the current of a woman's will.
Love and businesse teach eloquence.
Love and businesse teach eloquence.
Like summer tempest came her tears:
Sweet my child, I live for thee.
Like summer tempest came her tears:
Sweet my child, I live for thee.
None is offended but by himselfe.
None is offended but by himselfe.
For, wake where'er he may, man wakes to care and coil.
For, wake where'er he may, man wakes to care and coil.
