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Good service is a great inchantment.
Good service is a great inchantment.
What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.
What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.
Fooles bite one another, but wise-men agree together.
Fooles bite one another, but wise-men agree together.
It is a disgrace to say one thing and think another; but how much
more disgraceful to write one read more
It is a disgrace to say one thing and think another; but how much
more disgraceful to write one thing and think another!
Chuse a horse made, and a wife to make.
Chuse a horse made, and a wife to make.
Such as she is, who died to-day,
Such thou alas! mayst be to-morrow.
Such as she is, who died to-day,
Such thou alas! mayst be to-morrow.
The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the
wind, and the higher the tower read more
The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the
wind, and the higher the tower the greater the fall thereof.
O how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!
O how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!
I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.]
I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.]
