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The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
'Tis all in vain to keep a constant pother
About one vice and fall into another.
'Tis all in vain to keep a constant pother
About one vice and fall into another.
Let not your expenditure exceed your income.
Let not your expenditure exceed your income.
Who is so deafe, as he that will not hear?
[Who is so deaf as he that will not read more
Who is so deafe, as he that will not hear?
[Who is so deaf as he that will not hear?]
No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his
duty to avoid.
No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his
duty to avoid.
O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!
O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!
There needs a long time to know the worlds pulse.
There needs a long time to know the worlds pulse.
Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
