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In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.
In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.
They make a desert and they call it peace.
They make a desert and they call it peace.
God provides for him that trusteth.
God provides for him that trusteth.
Get money; by just means. if you can; if not, still get money.
Get money; by just means. if you can; if not, still get money.
On their own merits modest men are dumb.
On their own merits modest men are dumb.
That which I just now gave, I recall, and draw back the string.
That which I just now gave, I recall, and draw back the string.
Dull not device by coldness and delay.
Dull not device by coldness and delay.
Let not him that feares feathers come among wild-foule.
Let not him that feares feathers come among wild-foule.
They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.
They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.