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The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more
and more unto the perfect day.
The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more
and more unto the perfect day.
Fooles give to please all but their owne.
Fooles give to please all but their owne.
Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception.
Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception.
Behold him in conceited circles sail,
Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff,
In all his pomp read more
Behold him in conceited circles sail,
Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff,
In all his pomp of pageantry, as if
He felt the eyes of Europe on his tail.
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
To pull the chestnuts from the fire with the cat's paw.
To pull the chestnuts from the fire with the cat's paw.
It's good tying the sack before it be full.
It's good tying the sack before it be full.
