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A people without history is like the wind on the buffalo grass.
A people without history is like the wind on the buffalo grass.
As the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
As the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he
is.
One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he
is.
Infants manners are moulded more by the example of Parents, then
by stars at their nativities.
Infants manners are moulded more by the example of Parents, then
by stars at their nativities.
Good is god, but better carries it.
Good is god, but better carries it.
Sceptre and crown must tumble down
And in the dust be equal made
With the poor crooked read more
Sceptre and crown must tumble down
And in the dust be equal made
With the poor crooked scythe and spade.
The mind ill at ease, the body suffers also.
The mind ill at ease, the body suffers also.
The big thieves hang the little ones.
The big thieves hang the little ones.
Let nothing offensive to the ear or the eye enter these
thresholds, within which youth dwells.
Let nothing offensive to the ear or the eye enter these
thresholds, within which youth dwells.