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Nae man can tether time nor tide.
Nae man can tether time nor tide.
Fire is next akin to smoke.
Fire is next akin to smoke.
He that goes softly goes safely.
He that goes softly goes safely.
Better to be blinde, then to see ill.
Better to be blinde, then to see ill.
We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.
We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.
It is not every man that can afford to go to Corinth.
It is not every man that can afford to go to Corinth.
The finishing stroke of all sorrow.
The finishing stroke of all sorrow.
Where there are many counsellors there is safety.
Where there are many counsellors there is safety.
Or wherefore trace, from what slight cause
Its source one tyrant passion draws,
Till mastering all within.
Or wherefore trace, from what slight cause
Its source one tyrant passion draws,
Till mastering all within.
