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If God lived on earth, people would break his windows.
If God lived on earth, people would break his windows.
How sweet the task to shield an absent friend!
I ask but this of mine to--not defend.
How sweet the task to shield an absent friend!
I ask but this of mine to--not defend.
A creature not too bright nor good
For human nature's daily food.
A creature not too bright nor good
For human nature's daily food.
Wee leave more to do when wee dye, then wee have done.
Wee leave more to do when wee dye, then wee have done.
Better do nothing than do ill.
Better do nothing than do ill.
To the counsell of fooles a woodden bell.
To the counsell of fooles a woodden bell.
He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.
He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.
We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.
We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.