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The mind ill at ease, the body suffers also.
The mind ill at ease, the body suffers also.
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall
take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient read more
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall
take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day
is the evil thereof.
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.
Goods are theirs that enjoy them.
Goods are theirs that enjoy them.
Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.
Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.
The Bathe of the Blackamoor hath sworne not to whiten.
The Bathe of the Blackamoor hath sworne not to whiten.
The best mirrour is an old friend.
The best mirrour is an old friend.
A penny spar'd is twice got.
A penny spar'd is twice got.
O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
It wad read more
O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us.
And foolish notion;
What airs in dress and gait wad lea'e us,
And ev'n devotion!
