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Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with
bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage.
Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with
bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage.
Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind.
[Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio.]
Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind.
[Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio.]
I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.
I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.
I hate all children of precocious talent.
I hate all children of precocious talent.
With men all is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
With men all is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a
brawling woman in a wide read more
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a
brawling woman in a wide house.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
