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It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.
It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.
Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these
things cometh the wrath of God upon read more
Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these
things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
Who reigns within himself, and rules
Passions, desires, and fears, is more a king.
Who reigns within himself, and rules
Passions, desires, and fears, is more a king.
The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
In nothing do men so much resemble the gods as in giving help to
their fellow creatures.
In nothing do men so much resemble the gods as in giving help to
their fellow creatures.
Power seldome grows old at Court.
Power seldome grows old at Court.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Two ill meales make the third a glutton.
Two ill meales make the third a glutton.
Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into read more
Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into sin!
