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With men all is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
With men all is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
'Tis best to pause, and think, ere you rush on.
'Tis best to pause, and think, ere you rush on.
Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.
Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.
When your throat is parched with thirst, do you desire a cup of
gold?
When your throat is parched with thirst, do you desire a cup of
gold?
To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.
To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.
The remedy is worse than the disease.
The remedy is worse than the disease.
But man, proud man,
Drest in a little brief authority,--
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
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But man, proud man,
Drest in a little brief authority,--
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
As make the angels weep.
A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.
A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.
The property of others is always more inviting than our own; and
that which we ourselves possess is most read more
The property of others is always more inviting than our own; and
that which we ourselves possess is most pleasing to others.
