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Wood halfe burnt is easily kindled.
Wood halfe burnt is easily kindled.
No injury can be complained of by a consenting party.
No injury can be complained of by a consenting party.
Hee stands not surely, that never slips.
Hee stands not surely, that never slips.
My sun has not yet set for ever.
My sun has not yet set for ever.
To his tuned spirit the wild heather-bells
Ring Sabbath knells;
The sod's a cushion for his pious read more
To his tuned spirit the wild heather-bells
Ring Sabbath knells;
The sod's a cushion for his pious want,
And, consecrated by the heaven within it,
The sky-blue pool a font.
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Foolish tongues talke by the dozen.
Foolish tongues talke by the dozen.
