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The child is father of the man.
The child is father of the man.
The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active
employment.
The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active
employment.
He makes a great row but does nothing.
He makes a great row but does nothing.
Neither head, nor feet. [Referring to anything very intricate.]
Neither head, nor feet. [Referring to anything very intricate.]
He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]
He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]
That which sufficeth is not little.
That which sufficeth is not little.
Advise none to marry or goe to warre.
Advise none to marry or goe to warre.
Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?
Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
