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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.]
Clean hands are better than full ones in the sight of God.
Clean hands are better than full ones in the sight of God.
Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.
Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.
The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.
The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.
He won't, won't he? Then bring me my boots.
He won't, won't he? Then bring me my boots.
After a bad harvest sow again. [Yield not to difficulties.]
After a bad harvest sow again. [Yield not to difficulties.]
Nothing is difficult in the eyes of a lover.
Nothing is difficult in the eyes of a lover.
His resolution is unshaken; tears, though shed, avail not.
His resolution is unshaken; tears, though shed, avail not.
God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.
God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.
