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Compound for sins they are inclined to,
By damning those they have no mind to.
Compound for sins they are inclined to,
By damning those they have no mind to.
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.
There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
Yet run himself read more
Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
Yet run himself life's mad career
Wild as the wave?
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes
of others.
That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes
of others.
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit
drieth the bones.
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit
drieth the bones.
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!
Ther's no great banquet but some fares ill.
Ther's no great banquet but some fares ill.