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A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
That eagle's fate and mine are one,
Which, on the shaft that made him die,
Espied a read more
That eagle's fate and mine are one,
Which, on the shaft that made him die,
Espied a feather of his own,
Wherewith he wont to soar so high.
Dogs are fine in the field.
Dogs are fine in the field.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Good laws are the offspring of bad actions.
Good laws are the offspring of bad actions.
He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.
He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.
Oh Ignorance
Thou art fall'n man's best friend!
Oh Ignorance
Thou art fall'n man's best friend!
Work while your strength and years permit you; crooked age will
by-and-by come upon you with silent foot.
Work while your strength and years permit you; crooked age will
by-and-by come upon you with silent foot.
