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Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
One sword keeres another in the sheath.
One sword keeres another in the sheath.
Bliss itself is not worth having,
If we're by compulsion blest.
Bliss itself is not worth having,
If we're by compulsion blest.
None saies his Garner is full.
None saies his Garner is full.
Nothing succeeds like success.
[Fr., Rien ne reussit comme le succes.]
Nothing succeeds like success.
[Fr., Rien ne reussit comme le succes.]
It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Take heed of winde that comes in at a hole, and a reconciled
Enemy.
Take heed of winde that comes in at a hole, and a reconciled
Enemy.
The mind still longs for what it has missed, and loses itself in
the contemplation of the past.
The mind still longs for what it has missed, and loses itself in
the contemplation of the past.
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud read more
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not, and
our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our
virtues.
