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He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it.
He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it.
Vertue now is in herbs and stones and words onely.
Vertue now is in herbs and stones and words onely.
A true friend is tested in adversity.
A true friend is tested in adversity.
No creature smarts so little as a fool.
No creature smarts so little as a fool.
Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward
To what they were before.
Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward
To what they were before.
A mind conscious of its own rectitude.
[Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]
A mind conscious of its own rectitude.
[Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]
The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more
and more unto the perfect day.
The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more
and more unto the perfect day.
The faults of our neighbours with freedom we blame,
But tax not ourselves, though we practise the same.
The faults of our neighbours with freedom we blame,
But tax not ourselves, though we practise the same.
The far-off interest of tears.
The far-off interest of tears.