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Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.
Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.
Pride is innate in beauty, and haughtiness is the companion of
the fair.
Pride is innate in beauty, and haughtiness is the companion of
the fair.
Our fears vanish as the danger approaches.
Our fears vanish as the danger approaches.
Timid dogs more eagerly bark than bite.
Timid dogs more eagerly bark than bite.
This world is nothing except it tend to another.
This world is nothing except it tend to another.
He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.
He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
In the kingdome of blind men the one ey'd is king.
[In the kingdom of blind men the one read more
In the kingdome of blind men the one ey'd is king.
[In the kingdom of blind men the one eyed is king.]
O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
It wad read more
O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us.
And foolish notion;
What airs in dress and gait wad lea'e us,
And ev'n devotion!
