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Happy, twice happy, you who dwell in the country, if you only
knew the pleasures which surround you!
Happy, twice happy, you who dwell in the country, if you only
knew the pleasures which surround you!
An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]
An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]
He who would have the kernel must crack the shell.
He who would have the kernel must crack the shell.
Sinnes are not knowne till they bee acted.
Sinnes are not knowne till they bee acted.
Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.
Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.
In doubtful matters boldness is everything.
In doubtful matters boldness is everything.
Time rolls on, and we grow old with silent years.
Time rolls on, and we grow old with silent years.
A fool's bolt is soon shot.
A fool's bolt is soon shot.
The soule needs few things, the body many.
The soule needs few things, the body many.
