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When the night's darkest the dawn is nearest.
When the night's darkest the dawn is nearest.
Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget
it.
Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget
it.
That father perished at the stake
For tenets he would not forsake.
That father perished at the stake
For tenets he would not forsake.
Admonish your friends in private; praise them in public.
Admonish your friends in private; praise them in public.
God sends cold according to Cloathes.
[God sends cold according to clothes.]
God sends cold according to Cloathes.
[God sends cold according to clothes.]
Nothing is so secure as that money will not defeat it.
Nothing is so secure as that money will not defeat it.
Early, bright, transient, chaste, as morning dew
She sparkled, was exhal'd, and went to heaven.
Early, bright, transient, chaste, as morning dew
She sparkled, was exhal'd, and went to heaven.
Hee that will deceive the fox, must rise betimes.
Hee that will deceive the fox, must rise betimes.
The present century was growing blind
To the great Marlborough's skill in giving knocks,
Until his late read more
The present century was growing blind
To the great Marlborough's skill in giving knocks,
Until his late life by Archdeacon Coxe.
