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For violent fires soon burn out themselves.
For violent fires soon burn out themselves.
Never without a shilling in my purse.
Never without a shilling in my purse.
Water a farre off quencheth not fire.
Water a farre off quencheth not fire.
Hee that marries for wealth sells his liberty.
Hee that marries for wealth sells his liberty.
For, wake where'er he may, man wakes to care and coil.
For, wake where'er he may, man wakes to care and coil.
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, read more
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, exclaims, "Thou wast my
only one!"
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls
of the air, and they shall read more
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls
of the air, and they shall tell thee:
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes
of the sea shall declare unto thee.
All is well with him, who is beloved of his neighbours.
All is well with him, who is beloved of his neighbours.