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A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.
A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.
The more violent the storm the sooner it is over.
The more violent the storm the sooner it is over.
I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop read more
I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop a little from her hand,
Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves,
And with a silk thread plucks it back again.
All are presumed good, till they are found in a fault.
All are presumed good, till they are found in a fault.
Set good against evill.
[Set good against evil.]
Set good against evill.
[Set good against evil.]
A countenance inconceivably forbidding.
A countenance inconceivably forbidding.
A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
He comes not in my books.
He comes not in my books.
He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]
He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]
