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What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted.
What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted.
A great fortune is a great slavery.
A great fortune is a great slavery.
Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age,
nor the advance of death, which cannot be read more
Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age,
nor the advance of death, which cannot be resisted.
The mind flies back with a grand recoil
From debts not due till to-morrow.
The mind flies back with a grand recoil
From debts not due till to-morrow.
To meditate an injury is to commit one.
To meditate an injury is to commit one.
Where there is peace, God is.
Where there is peace, God is.
Trifles light as air
Are to the jealous confirmations strong
As proofs of holy writ.
Trifles light as air
Are to the jealous confirmations strong
As proofs of holy writ.
You cannot make the fire so low but it will get out.
You cannot make the fire so low but it will get out.
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above
rubies.
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above
rubies.
