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Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.
Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.
Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.
Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.
Actions from youth, advice from the middle-aged, prayers from the
aged.
Actions from youth, advice from the middle-aged, prayers from the
aged.
When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
Who could be happy and alone or good?
Who could be happy and alone or good?
We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes
us.
We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes
us.
A golden key can open any door.
A golden key can open any door.
Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
From the midst of the very fountain of pleasure, something of
bitterness arises to vex us in the flower read more
From the midst of the very fountain of pleasure, something of
bitterness arises to vex us in the flower of enjoyment.
