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There is no proverb which is not true.
[Sp., No hay refran que no sea verdadero.]
There is no proverb which is not true.
[Sp., No hay refran que no sea verdadero.]
Chuse a horse made, and a wife to make.
Chuse a horse made, and a wife to make.
Weeds are shallow-rooted,
Suffer them now, and they'll o'ergrow the garden,
And choke the herbs for want read more
Weeds are shallow-rooted,
Suffer them now, and they'll o'ergrow the garden,
And choke the herbs for want of husbandry.
Religious questions have often led to wicked and impious actions.
Religious questions have often led to wicked and impious actions.
O, how this spring of love resembleth
The uncertain glory of an April day,
Which now shows read more
O, how this spring of love resembleth
The uncertain glory of an April day,
Which now shows all the beauty of the sun,
And by and by a cloud takes all away!
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
The net is not spread for the hawk or the kite.
The net is not spread for the hawk or the kite.
Wind puffs up empty bladders; opinion, fools.
Wind puffs up empty bladders; opinion, fools.
