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Danger comes on us more speedily when we treat it with contempt.
Danger comes on us more speedily when we treat it with contempt.
No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a
Chappell hard by.
[No sooner read more
No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a
Chappell hard by.
[No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devil builds a chapel
hard by.]
He thinkes not well, that thinkes not againe.
He thinkes not well, that thinkes not againe.
Every thing is of use to a houskeeper.
Every thing is of use to a houskeeper.
Drought never brought dearth.
Drought never brought dearth.
He told me once
The saddest thing that can befall the soul,
Is when it loses faith read more
He told me once
The saddest thing that can befall the soul,
Is when it loses faith in God and woman,
For he had lost them both. Lost I those gems,
Though the world's throne stood open in my path,
I would go wandering back into my childhood,
Searching for them with tears.
We are worthless fowl, hatched from unlucky eggs.
We are worthless fowl, hatched from unlucky eggs.
Nature made the fields and man the cities.
Nature made the fields and man the cities.
Whose wit in the combat as gentle as bright
Ne'er carried a heartstain away on its blade.
Whose wit in the combat as gentle as bright
Ne'er carried a heartstain away on its blade.
