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The hair that covers the wit is more than the wit, for the
greater hides the less.
The hair that covers the wit is more than the wit, for the
greater hides the less.
On with the dance, let joy be unconfined.
On with the dance, let joy be unconfined.
He that will learne to pray, let him goe to Sea.
[He that will learn to pray, let him read more
He that will learne to pray, let him goe to Sea.
[He that will learn to pray, let him go to Sea.]
Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but
unremitting toil destroys both.
Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but
unremitting toil destroys both.
Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed read more
Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed for, return at once,
and seek again that which he despised.
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.
All is well with him, who is beloved of his neighbours.
All is well with him, who is beloved of his neighbours.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!
How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!
