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Often do the spirits
Of great events stride on before the events,
And in to-day already walks read more
Often do the spirits
Of great events stride on before the events,
And in to-day already walks to-morrow.
Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.
Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.
Of all smells, bread: of all tasts, salt.
Of all smells, bread: of all tasts, salt.
No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble
about.
No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble
about.
The Court hath no Almanack.
The Court hath no Almanack.
How far that little candle throws its beams;
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
How far that little candle throws its beams;
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
The ears that gape after secrets retain not faithfully what is
entrusted to them.
The ears that gape after secrets retain not faithfully what is
entrusted to them.
Lying lips are abomination to the Lord.
Lying lips are abomination to the Lord.
Content is more than a kingdom.
Content is more than a kingdom.
