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Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but enjoyed.
Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but enjoyed.
A wise man needes not blush for changing his purpose.
A wise man needes not blush for changing his purpose.
We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I
scarcely recognize as our own.
Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I
scarcely recognize as our own.
Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!
Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!
Neither do men put new wine into old bottles.
Neither do men put new wine into old bottles.
No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a
Chappell hard by.
[No sooner read more
No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a
Chappell hard by.
[No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devil builds a chapel
hard by.]
He quits his place well, that leaves his friend there.
He quits his place well, that leaves his friend there.
Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn!
Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn!
