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A journying woman speakes much of all, and all of her.
A journying woman speakes much of all, and all of her.
God complaines not, but doth what is fitting.
God complaines not, but doth what is fitting.
People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.
People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.
He who would have the kernel must crack the shell.
He who would have the kernel must crack the shell.
Where there is peace, God is.
Where there is peace, God is.
The secret wound still lives within the breast.
[Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.]
The secret wound still lives within the breast.
[Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.]
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him read more
As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him to think what kind of bird it is,
That sings so delicately clear, and make
Conjecture of the plumage and the form.
The cause lies hidden; the effect is most notorious.
The cause lies hidden; the effect is most notorious.
