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A woman sometimes scorns what best contents her.
A woman sometimes scorns what best contents her.
Good hope is often beguiled by her own augury.
Good hope is often beguiled by her own augury.
Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.
Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.
The yeare doth nothing else but open and shut.
The yeare doth nothing else but open and shut.
Hee that is a master must serve (another).
Hee that is a master must serve (another).
Proverbs like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary
of the intuitions.
Proverbs like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary
of the intuitions.
The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen, and better known,
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The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen, and better known,
Are but gigantic flights of stairs.
All griefes with bread are lesse.
All griefes with bread are lesse.
One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.
One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.
