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The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speakes.
The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speakes.
But who alas! can love and then be wise?
But who alas! can love and then be wise?
It is far easier to begin a task than to finish it.
It is far easier to begin a task than to finish it.
Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.
Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.
She acquires momentum as she advances. [The progress of Fame or
Rumour.]
She acquires momentum as she advances. [The progress of Fame or
Rumour.]
What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted.
What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted.
Vain, froward child of empire, say,
Are all thy playthings snatched away?
Vain, froward child of empire, say,
Are all thy playthings snatched away?
God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
