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Trifles light as air
Are to the jealous confirmations strong
As proofs of holy writ.
Trifles light as air
Are to the jealous confirmations strong
As proofs of holy writ.
She can change her
Mind like the wind: whatever she has said
Or done, is light to read more
She can change her
Mind like the wind: whatever she has said
Or done, is light to what she'll say or do.
I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!
I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye.
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth.
As many servants so many enemies.
As many servants so many enemies.
The coveteous spends more then the liberall.
The coveteous spends more then the liberall.
In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not
discretion.
In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not
discretion.
Strict law is often great injustice.
Strict law is often great injustice.