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Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your read more
Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your depth.]
Prosperity lets goe the bridle.
[Prosperity lets go the bridle.]
Prosperity lets goe the bridle.
[Prosperity lets go the bridle.]
Still rolls and to all time shall roll the tumbling flood.
Still rolls and to all time shall roll the tumbling flood.
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
Who teacheth often learns himself.
Who teacheth often learns himself.
I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]
I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]
Faire is not faire, but that which pleaseth.
Faire is not faire, but that which pleaseth.
Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
