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Man's extremity is God's opportunity.
Man's extremity is God's opportunity.
For whom the Lord liveth he correcteth.
For whom the Lord liveth he correcteth.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
Who gives to all, denies all.
Who gives to all, denies all.
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my read more
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land!
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd,
As home his footsteps he hath turn'd,
From wandering on a foreign strand!
Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
A little and good fills the trencher.
A little and good fills the trencher.
Charity begins at home.
[Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]
Charity begins at home.
[Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]
Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
Yet run himself read more
Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
Yet run himself life's mad career
Wild as the wave?
