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Nothing is more obnoxious than a low person raised to a high
position.
Nothing is more obnoxious than a low person raised to a high
position.
Demons in act, but gods at least in face.
Demons in act, but gods at least in face.
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth
the law, happy is he.
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth
the law, happy is he.
No barber shaves so close but another finds worke.
No barber shaves so close but another finds worke.
Anger manages everything badly.
Anger manages everything badly.
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in read more
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in ours, some neighboring nation,
Taking advantage of our misery,
Hath stuffed the hollow vessels with their power,
To beat us down, the which are down already;
And make a conquest of unhappy,
Whereas no glory 's got to overcome.
No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a
Chappell hard by.
[No sooner read more
No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a
Chappell hard by.
[No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devil builds a chapel
hard by.]
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
