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From the midst of the very fountain of pleasure, something of
bitterness arises to vex us in the flower read more
From the midst of the very fountain of pleasure, something of
bitterness arises to vex us in the flower of enjoyment.
Nothing is more obnoxious than a low person raised to a high
position.
Nothing is more obnoxious than a low person raised to a high
position.
Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind.
Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind.
But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your
children, and will not keep my read more
But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your
children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which
I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship
them:
Then I will cut off Israel out of the land which I have given
them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I
cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword
among all people:
And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it
shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath
the Lord done thus unto this land, and to this house?
God keep me from false friends!
God keep me from false friends!
Fooles bite one another, but wise-men agree together.
Fooles bite one another, but wise-men agree together.
The body is sooner drest then the soule.
The body is sooner drest then the soule.
A naughty child is better sick then whole.
A naughty child is better sick then whole.
The best things in life are free.
The best things in life are free.
