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Who hath no hast in his businesse, mountaines to him seeme
valleys.
Who hath no hast in his businesse, mountaines to him seeme
valleys.
A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad,
will work out his ruin.
A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad,
will work out his ruin.
Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
Religion a stalking horse to shoot other foul.
Religion a stalking horse to shoot other foul.
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
Hastiness is the beginning of wrath, and its end repentance.
Hastiness is the beginning of wrath, and its end repentance.
I have raised for myself a monument more durable than brass.
I have raised for myself a monument more durable than brass.
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have read more
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have died away,
And clouds, beneath the glancing ray,
Melt off, and leave the land and sea
Sleeping in bright tranquillity.
