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The great would have none great and the little all little.
The great would have none great and the little all little.
A living dog is better than a dead lion.
A living dog is better than a dead lion.
The child is father of the man.
The child is father of the man.
He that hath no hony in his pot, let him have it in his mouth.
He that hath no hony in his pot, let him have it in his mouth.
Accursed poison lies hid beneath sweet honey.
Accursed poison lies hid beneath sweet honey.
That delay is our surest protection which enables us to
deliberate on the merits of our intentions.
That delay is our surest protection which enables us to
deliberate on the merits of our intentions.
The river past, and God forgotten.
The river past, and God forgotten.
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have read more
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have died away,
And clouds, beneath the glancing ray,
Melt off, and leave the land and sea
Sleeping in bright tranquillity.
Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
