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Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.
Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have read more
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have died away,
And clouds, beneath the glancing ray,
Melt off, and leave the land and sea
Sleeping in bright tranquillity.
If you have no enemies it is a sign fortune has forgot you.
If you have no enemies it is a sign fortune has forgot you.
Idle men are the devil's playfellows.
Idle men are the devil's playfellows.
In nothing do men so much resemble the gods as in giving help to
their fellow creatures.
In nothing do men so much resemble the gods as in giving help to
their fellow creatures.
Thou marvell'st at my words, but hold thee still;
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Thou marvell'st at my words, but hold thee still;
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Sit in your place and none can make you rise.
Sit in your place and none can make you rise.
