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Hee that is a master must serve (another).
Hee that is a master must serve (another).
Honesty's a fool
And loses that it works for.
Honesty's a fool
And loses that it works for.
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
Neither eyes on letters, nor hands in coffers.
Neither eyes on letters, nor hands in coffers.
The doctors gave her over--to an ass.
The doctors gave her over--to an ass.
The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
Is like a scorpion girt by fire.
The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
Is like a scorpion girt by fire.
By doing nothing we learne to do ill.
By doing nothing we learne to do ill.
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with
all thy getting get understanding.
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with
all thy getting get understanding.
