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If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
Your thoughts close, and your countenance loose.
Your thoughts close, and your countenance loose.
To err is human, but to persevere in error is only the act of a
fool.
[Lat., Cujusvis read more
To err is human, but to persevere in error is only the act of a
fool.
[Lat., Cujusvis hominis est errare, nullius nisi insipientis in
errore perseverare.]
Working and making a fire doth discretion require.
Working and making a fire doth discretion require.
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.
He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
Words pay no debts.
Words pay no debts.
Early, bright, transient, chaste, as morning dew
She sparkled, was exhal'd, and went to heaven.
Early, bright, transient, chaste, as morning dew
She sparkled, was exhal'd, and went to heaven.
