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You may break, you may shatter the vase, as you will,
But the scent of the roses will hang read more
You may break, you may shatter the vase, as you will,
But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.
The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror.
The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror.
Many diseases may be cured by abstinence.
Many diseases may be cured by abstinence.
God strikes not with both hands, for to the sea he made heavens,
and to rivers foords.
God strikes not with both hands, for to the sea he made heavens,
and to rivers foords.
Leave jesting whiles it pleaseth, lest it turne to earnest.
Leave jesting whiles it pleaseth, lest it turne to earnest.
We are born poets. we become orators.
We are born poets. we become orators.
Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]
Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]
With men all is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
With men all is impossible; but with God all things are possible.