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Skins may differ, but affection
Dwells in white and black the same.
Skins may differ, but affection
Dwells in white and black the same.
He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.
He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.
Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.
Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to
eat, and much less of strife read more
Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to
eat, and much less of strife and envy to contend with. [To noise
abroad our success is to invite envy and competition.]
I have cut my leg with my own adze.
I have cut my leg with my own adze.
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one,
and love the other; or else read more
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one,
and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise
the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
The absent partie is still faultie.
The absent partie is still faultie.
