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Her very silence, and her patience,
Speak to the people, and they pity her.
Her very silence, and her patience,
Speak to the people, and they pity her.
One swallow does not make spring.
One swallow does not make spring.
One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.
One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.
Knowledge makes one laugh, but wealth makes one dance.
Knowledge makes one laugh, but wealth makes one dance.
Bear with evil, and expect good.
Bear with evil, and expect good.
Our sincerest laughter
With some pain is fraught:
Our sweetest songs are those which tell of saddest read more
Our sincerest laughter
With some pain is fraught:
Our sweetest songs are those which tell of saddest thought.
He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the
Dead (i.e. books).
He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the
Dead (i.e. books).
Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.]
Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.]
In time comes he whom God sends.
In time comes he whom God sends.
