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Our native land attracts us with some mysterious charm, never to
be forgotten.
Our native land attracts us with some mysterious charm, never to
be forgotten.
Speech is silvern, silence is golden.
Speech is silvern, silence is golden.
Who reigns within himself, and rules
Passions, desires, and fears, is more a king.
Who reigns within himself, and rules
Passions, desires, and fears, is more a king.
You cannot know wine by the barrell.
[You cannot know the wine by the barrel.]
You cannot know wine by the barrell.
[You cannot know the wine by the barrel.]
Bee not a Baker, if your head be of butter.
Bee not a Baker, if your head be of butter.
Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.]
Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.]
Hee that is a master must serve (another).
Hee that is a master must serve (another).
Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.
Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.
