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Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.
Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.
Man's extremity is God's opportunity.
Man's extremity is God's opportunity.
Such pains they take to look pretty.
Such pains they take to look pretty.
He that would be well, needs not goe from his owne house.
He that would be well, needs not goe from his owne house.
Modred's narrow foxy face,
Heart hiding smile, and gray persistent eye.
Modred's narrow foxy face,
Heart hiding smile, and gray persistent eye.
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out
of thy sleep?
Yet a little read more
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out
of thy sleep?
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the
hands to sleep:
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth,
and thy want as an armed man.
The silence often of pure innocence
Persuades, when speaking fails.
The silence often of pure innocence
Persuades, when speaking fails.
To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure.
[To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by read more
To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure.
[To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by measure.]
Idleness induces caprice.
Idleness induces caprice.
