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Truths would you teach, or save a sinking land?
All fear, none aid you, and few understand.
Truths would you teach, or save a sinking land?
All fear, none aid you, and few understand.
Heaven's help is better than early rising.
Heaven's help is better than early rising.
Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up.
Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up.
The careful pilot of my proper woe.
The careful pilot of my proper woe.
Light is the task when many share the toil.
Light is the task when many share the toil.
A sceptre snatched with an unruly hand
Must be as boisterously maintained as gained,
And he that read more
A sceptre snatched with an unruly hand
Must be as boisterously maintained as gained,
And he that stands upon a slippery place
Makes nice of no vile hold to stay him up.
God helps those who persevere.
God helps those who persevere.
Self-help must precede help from others. Even for making certain of help from heaven, one has to help oneself.
Self-help must precede help from others. Even for making certain of help from heaven, one has to help oneself.
Something that has always puzzled me all my life is why, when I
am in special need of help, read more
Something that has always puzzled me all my life is why, when I
am in special need of help, the good deed is usually done by
somebody on whom I have no claim.
