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To seek in a Sheep five feet when there is but four.
To seek in a Sheep five feet when there is but four.
Often do the spirits
Of great events stride on before the events,
And in to-day already walks read more
Often do the spirits
Of great events stride on before the events,
And in to-day already walks to-morrow.
When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest.
When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest.
They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.
They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.
When the tree is fallen, all goe with their hatchet.
When the tree is fallen, all goe with their hatchet.
Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword
on me.
Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword
on me.
Wind puffs up empty bladders; opinion, fools.
Wind puffs up empty bladders; opinion, fools.
He like a rock in the sea unshaken stands his ground.
He like a rock in the sea unshaken stands his ground.
The good refrain from sin from the pure love of virtue.
The good refrain from sin from the pure love of virtue.