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Although it raine, throw not away thy watering pot.
Although it raine, throw not away thy watering pot.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor.
The Fox, when hee cannot reach the grapes, saies they are not
ripe.
The Fox, when hee cannot reach the grapes, saies they are not
ripe.
Like St. George, always in his saddle, never on his way.
- Clement Walker,
Like St. George, always in his saddle, never on his way.
- Clement Walker,
In a bondsman's key,
With bated breath and whispering humbleness.
In a bondsman's key,
With bated breath and whispering humbleness.
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
God made not pleasures for the rich alone.
God made not pleasures for the rich alone.
A man should be religious, not superstitious.
A man should be religious, not superstitious.