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Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.
Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.
The cares that flutter batlike round fretted roofs.
The cares that flutter batlike round fretted roofs.
'Tis easier to build two chimneys, then to maintaine one.
'Tis easier to build two chimneys, then to maintaine one.
Take heede of the viniger of sweet wine.
Take heede of the viniger of sweet wine.
He burns us by his brightness. [We are vexed at his manifest
superiority.]
He burns us by his brightness. [We are vexed at his manifest
superiority.]
One hand washeth another, and both the face.
One hand washeth another, and both the face.
Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud read more
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not, and
our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our
virtues.
