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Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age,
nor the advance of death, which cannot be read more
Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age,
nor the advance of death, which cannot be resisted.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.
The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound
thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, read more
The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound
thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it
goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
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Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
And some condemned for a fault alone.
Though you rise early, yet the day comes at his time, and not
till then.
Though you rise early, yet the day comes at his time, and not
till then.
He who would have the kernel must crack the shell.
He who would have the kernel must crack the shell.
A friend always loves, but he who loves is not always a friend.
A friend always loves, but he who loves is not always a friend.
Vertue now is in herbs and stones and words onely.
Vertue now is in herbs and stones and words onely.
Hug the shore; let others try the deep.
Hug the shore; let others try the deep.
