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If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.
If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.
Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
[Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]
Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long and wise experience.
Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long and wise experience.
A man of refined taste and judgment.
A man of refined taste and judgment.
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait.
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait.
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
Hier lies that should fetch a perfect woman over the coles.
Hier lies that should fetch a perfect woman over the coles.
Feare keepes the garden better then the gardiner.
Feare keepes the garden better then the gardiner.
He will be the last to discover the disgrace of his house.
He will be the last to discover the disgrace of his house.
