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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.]
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
It adds to the glory both of soule and body.
It adds to the glory both of soule and body.
Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
To review ones store is to mow twice.
To review ones store is to mow twice.
You must endure what is painful to secure that which is
profitable.
You must endure what is painful to secure that which is
profitable.
The jackdaw, stript of her stolen colours, provokes our laughter.
The jackdaw, stript of her stolen colours, provokes our laughter.
Little wealth, little care.
Little wealth, little care.
