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It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters read more
It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters on which we should be silent.
The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.
The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.
Presse a stick, and it seemes a youth.
Presse a stick, and it seemes a youth.
Charity begins at home.
[Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]
Charity begins at home.
[Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]
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.
Common report is not always wrong.
Common report is not always wrong.
Perhaps they are not stars, but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and read more
Perhaps they are not stars, but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and shines down upon us to let us know they are happy.
Those that God loves, do not live long.
Those that God loves, do not live long.
Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.
Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.
