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The vertue of a coward is suspition.
The vertue of a coward is suspition.
The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
This world is nothing except it tend to another.
This world is nothing except it tend to another.
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]
The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep;
Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep.
The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep;
Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep.
I give not gold for mere expectations.
I give not gold for mere expectations.
They that hold the greatest farmes, pay the least rent (applyed
to rich men that are unthankful to God).
They that hold the greatest farmes, pay the least rent (applyed
to rich men that are unthankful to God).
The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.
[Lat., Calamitosus est animus futuri anxius.]
The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.
[Lat., Calamitosus est animus futuri anxius.]
And there stalks Discord delighted with her torn mantle.
And there stalks Discord delighted with her torn mantle.