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All was false and hollow, though his tongue
Dropt manna, and could make the worst appear
The read more
All was false and hollow, though his tongue
Dropt manna, and could make the worst appear
The better reason.
The higher our position the more modestly should we behave.
The higher our position the more modestly should we behave.
Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.
Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.
Designedly God covers in dark night the issue of futurity.
Designedly God covers in dark night the issue of futurity.
A gift in time of need is most acceptable.
A gift in time of need is most acceptable.
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the read more
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position of others,
dissatisfied with our own.]
He who wishes to injure another, will soon find a pretext.
He who wishes to injure another, will soon find a pretext.