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If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]
He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]
The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.
The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.
Those that God loves, do not live long.
Those that God loves, do not live long.
A mountaine and a river are good neighbours.
A mountaine and a river are good neighbours.
There is no retracing our steps.
There is no retracing our steps.
So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.
So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.
Virtue alone is happiness below.
Virtue alone is happiness below.
How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!
How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!