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What is the sin which is not
Sin in itself? Can circumstance make sin
Or virtue?
What is the sin which is not
Sin in itself? Can circumstance make sin
Or virtue?
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for
adversity.
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for
adversity.
He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.
He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.
For man is man, and master of his fate.
For man is man, and master of his fate.
Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
Praise a hill, but keepe below.
Praise a hill, but keepe below.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
He that hath a head of waxe must not walke in the sunne.
He that hath a head of waxe must not walke in the sunne.
