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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.]
The Queen, who sat
With lips severely placid felt the knot
Climb in her throat, and with read more
The Queen, who sat
With lips severely placid felt the knot
Climb in her throat, and with her feet unseen
Crushed the wild passion out against the floor.
He that endures is not overcome.
He that endures is not overcome.
The would-be wits and can't-be gentlemen.
The would-be wits and can't-be gentlemen.
Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
A little labour, much health.
A little labour, much health.
The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.
The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.
