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Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
Some falls the means are happier to rise.
Some falls the means are happier to rise.
He that is fallen cannot helpe him that is downe.
He that is fallen cannot helpe him that is downe.
To his tuned spirit the wild heather-bells
Ring Sabbath knells;
The sod's a cushion for his pious read more
To his tuned spirit the wild heather-bells
Ring Sabbath knells;
The sod's a cushion for his pious want,
And, consecrated by the heaven within it,
The sky-blue pool a font.
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind.
A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind.
Weeds are shallow-rooted,
Suffer them now, and they'll o'ergrow the garden,
And choke the herbs for want read more
Weeds are shallow-rooted,
Suffer them now, and they'll o'ergrow the garden,
And choke the herbs for want of husbandry.
Craft against craft makes no living.
Craft against craft makes no living.