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Let him be kept from paper, pen, and ink;
So may he cease to write, and learn to think.
Let him be kept from paper, pen, and ink;
So may he cease to write, and learn to think.
Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.]
Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.]
That father perished at the stake
For tenets he would not forsake.
That father perished at the stake
For tenets he would not forsake.
The drunkard is convicted by his praises of wine.
The drunkard is convicted by his praises of wine.
The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.
The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.
When clouds are seen wise men put on their cloaks;
When great leaves fall then winter is at hand.
When clouds are seen wise men put on their cloaks;
When great leaves fall then winter is at hand.
Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.
Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.
Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.
Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.
