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The getting out of doors is the greatest part of the journey.
The getting out of doors is the greatest part of the journey.
He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
How the devil is it that fresh features
Have such a charm for us poor human creatures?
How the devil is it that fresh features
Have such a charm for us poor human creatures?
Who will sell the Cow, must say the word.
Who will sell the Cow, must say the word.
Lying lips are abomination to the Lord.
Lying lips are abomination to the Lord.
There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
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There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock;
the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man
with a maid.
Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.
The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.
Mix with your grave designs a little pleasure;
Each day of business has its hour of leisure.
Mix with your grave designs a little pleasure;
Each day of business has its hour of leisure.
