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The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, read more
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, exclaims, "Thou wast my
only one!"
Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
Troy owes to Homer what whist owes to Hoyle.
Troy owes to Homer what whist owes to Hoyle.
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow.
Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow.
A faithful man shall abound with blessings; but he that maketh
haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
A faithful man shall abound with blessings; but he that maketh
haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
All things in their beeing are good for something.
All things in their beeing are good for something.
I have cut my leg with my own adze.
I have cut my leg with my own adze.
