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So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.
So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.
A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
He that goes softly goes safely.
He that goes softly goes safely.
The hard gives more then he that hath nothing.
The hard gives more then he that hath nothing.
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may read more
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.
When things are at the worst they sometimes mend.
When things are at the worst they sometimes mend.
It's not improbable that a man may receive more solid
satisfaction from pudding while he is alive than from read more
It's not improbable that a man may receive more solid
satisfaction from pudding while he is alive than from praise
after he is dead.
The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speakes.
The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speakes.
