What is the sin which is not
Sin in itself? Can circumstance make sin
Or virtue?

What is the sin which is not
Sin in itself? Can circumstance make sin
Or virtue?

A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.

A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.

The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.

The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.

Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.

Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.

I have been a soldier,
Till the helm hath worn those aged temples bare.

I have been a soldier,
Till the helm hath worn those aged temples bare.

Our praises are our wages.

Our praises are our wages.

The cautious wolf fears the pit, the hawk regards with suspicion
the snare laid for her, and the fish read more

The cautious wolf fears the pit, the hawk regards with suspicion
the snare laid for her, and the fish the hook in its concealment.

And there is a worm in the lonely wood,
That pierces the liver and blackens the blood,
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And there is a worm in the lonely wood,
That pierces the liver and blackens the blood,
And makes it a sorrow to be.

Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.

Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.