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Before you make a friend, eate a bushell of salt with him.
[Before you make a friend, eat a read more
Before you make a friend, eate a bushell of salt with him.
[Before you make a friend, eat a bushel of salt with him.]
To have properly studied the liberal sciences gives a polish to
our manners, and removes all awkwardness.
To have properly studied the liberal sciences gives a polish to
our manners, and removes all awkwardness.
When war begins, then hell openeth.
When war begins, then hell openeth.
"Rogue that I am," he whispers to himself,
"I lie, I cheat--do anything for pelf,
But who read more
"Rogue that I am," he whispers to himself,
"I lie, I cheat--do anything for pelf,
But who on earth can say I am not pious?"
He cannot be vertuous that is not rigorous.
He cannot be vertuous that is not rigorous.
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.
A holy habit clenseth not a foule soule.
A holy habit clenseth not a foule soule.
God comes to see without a bell.
God comes to see without a bell.
It is a pleasant thing to be pointed at with the finger, and to
hear it said, "That is read more
It is a pleasant thing to be pointed at with the finger, and to
hear it said, "That is he."
