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It will please though ten times repeated.
It will please though ten times repeated.
The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts.
The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts.
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.]
He who gets the better of an irascible temperament conquers his
worst enemy.
He who gets the better of an irascible temperament conquers his
worst enemy.
Little do you know what a gloriously uncertain thing law is.
Little do you know what a gloriously uncertain thing law is.
A righteous man regardeth the life of this beast: but the tender
mercies of the wicked are cruel.
A righteous man regardeth the life of this beast: but the tender
mercies of the wicked are cruel.
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a read more
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a harder task to prove--
By firm resolve to conquer love!
Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.
Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.
