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The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud read more
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not, and
our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our
virtues.
A rugged stone growes smooth from hand to hand.
A rugged stone growes smooth from hand to hand.
There is no such thing as perfect happiness.
There is no such thing as perfect happiness.
Souldiers in peace are like chimneys in summer.
Souldiers in peace are like chimneys in summer.
It is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy
those who are well to do.
It is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy
those who are well to do.
The little cannot bee great, unlesse he devoure many.
The little cannot bee great, unlesse he devoure many.
God keep me from false friends!
God keep me from false friends!
They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to
lawyers.]
They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to
lawyers.]
He that mockes a cripple, ought to be whole.
He that mockes a cripple, ought to be whole.
