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Light burthens, long borne, growe heavie.
[Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.]
Light burthens, long borne, growe heavie.
[Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.]
What you don't know can't hurt you.
What you don't know can't hurt you.
Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain.
Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain.
Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that
proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that
proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
The best manners are stained by haughtiness.
The best manners are stained by haughtiness.
No deceit is so veiled as that which lies concealed behind the
semblance of courtesy.
No deceit is so veiled as that which lies concealed behind the
semblance of courtesy.
He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he read more
He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he stronger, then spare
yourself.
Power is more safely retained by cautious than by severe
councils.
[Lat., Potentiam cautis quam acribus consiliis tutius read more
Power is more safely retained by cautious than by severe
councils.
[Lat., Potentiam cautis quam acribus consiliis tutius haberi.]
There is as much love between you and me as between the wolf and
the lamb.
There is as much love between you and me as between the wolf and
the lamb.
