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There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
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There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock;
the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man
with a maid.
Some evils are cured by contempt.
Some evils are cured by contempt.
Fight thou with shafts of silver, and o'ercome
When no force else can get the masterdom.
Fight thou with shafts of silver, and o'ercome
When no force else can get the masterdom.
The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]
The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]
Proverbs like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary
of the intuitions.
Proverbs like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary
of the intuitions.
Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.
Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.
There is a good deal in a man's mode of eating.
There is a good deal in a man's mode of eating.
Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
