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Lightning strikes the tops of the mountains.
Lightning strikes the tops of the mountains.
The resolved minde hath no cares.
The resolved minde hath no cares.
How blessings brighten as they take their flight.
How blessings brighten as they take their flight.
The tendency of humanity is towards the forbidden.
The tendency of humanity is towards the forbidden.
To have done, is to hang
Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail
In monumental mockery.
To have done, is to hang
Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail
In monumental mockery.
Do you desire not to be angry? Be not inquisitive. He who
inquires what is said of him only read more
Do you desire not to be angry? Be not inquisitive. He who
inquires what is said of him only works out his own misery.
As the yellow gold is tried in the fire, so is sincerity tested
in adversity.
As the yellow gold is tried in the fire, so is sincerity tested
in adversity.
Foul-spoken coward, that thunder'st with thy tongue,
And with thy weapon nothing dar'st perform.
Foul-spoken coward, that thunder'st with thy tongue,
And with thy weapon nothing dar'st perform.
Life is halfe spent before we know what it is.
Life is halfe spent before we know what it is.
