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Mystery magnifies danger, as the fog does the sun.
Mystery magnifies danger, as the fog does the sun.
To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.
To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.
The day is short, the work is much.
The day is short, the work is much.
Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
What one day gives us, another takes away from us.
What one day gives us, another takes away from us.
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.
Good newes may bee told at any time, but ill in the morning.
Good newes may bee told at any time, but ill in the morning.
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
