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They make a desert and they call it peace.
They make a desert and they call it peace.
I have cut my leg with my own adze.
I have cut my leg with my own adze.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heire.
I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heire.
The silent countenance often speaks with expressive eloquence.
The silent countenance often speaks with expressive eloquence.
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
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We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow degrees, by more and more,
The cloudy summits of our time.
Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
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Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks;
Arm it in rags, a pygmy's straw does pierce it.
The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep;
Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep.
The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep;
Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep.
