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Never had ill workeman good tooles.
Never had ill workeman good tooles.
"Rogue that I am," he whispers to himself,
"I lie, I cheat--do anything for pelf,
But who read more
"Rogue that I am," he whispers to himself,
"I lie, I cheat--do anything for pelf,
But who on earth can say I am not pious?"
He that feares death lives not.
He that feares death lives not.
He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
A man's destiny is alwayes dark.
A man's destiny is alwayes dark.
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I
scarcely recognize as our own.
Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I
scarcely recognize as our own.
