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Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your read more
Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your depth.]
Who hath bitter in his mouth, spits not all sweet.
Who hath bitter in his mouth, spits not all sweet.
Her grief is real who grieves when no one is by.
Her grief is real who grieves when no one is by.
If folly were griefe every house would weepe.
If folly were griefe every house would weepe.
Hug the shore; let others try the deep.
Hug the shore; let others try the deep.
He that dies without the company of good men puts not himselfe
into a good way.
He that dies without the company of good men puts not himselfe
into a good way.
For violent fires soon burn out themselves.
For violent fires soon burn out themselves.
Small endeavours obtain strength by unity of action: the most
powerful are broken down by discord.
Small endeavours obtain strength by unity of action: the most
powerful are broken down by discord.
