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Now out of this nettle, danger, will I pluck the flower, safety.
Now out of this nettle, danger, will I pluck the flower, safety.
Springes to catch woodcocks.
Springes to catch woodcocks.
The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
When you enter into a house, leave the anger ever at the doore.
When you enter into a house, leave the anger ever at the doore.
God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
Neither shall the wave, which has passed on, ever be recalled;
nor can the hour, which has once fled read more
Neither shall the wave, which has passed on, ever be recalled;
nor can the hour, which has once fled by, return again.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
By looking at squinting people you learn to squint.
By looking at squinting people you learn to squint.
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
