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It is not permitted that we should know everything.
It is not permitted that we should know everything.
There is no useful thing which may not be turned to an injurious
purpose.
There is no useful thing which may not be turned to an injurious
purpose.
When God is made the master of a family, he disorders the
disorderly.
When God is made the master of a family, he disorders the
disorderly.
Who doth his owne businesse, foules not his hands.
Who doth his owne businesse, foules not his hands.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!
Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!
As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from
the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon read more
As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from
the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen, and better known,
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The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen, and better known,
Are but gigantic flights of stairs.