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The cause lies hidden; the effect is most notorious.
The cause lies hidden; the effect is most notorious.
 Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of 
others.  
 Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of 
others. 
 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that 
which is done is that which read more 
 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that 
which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new 
thing under the sun. 
To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.
To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.
War with vices, but peace with individuals.
War with vices, but peace with individuals.
 Confusion's cure lives not
 In these confusions.  
 Confusion's cure lives not
 In these confusions. 
To pull the chestnuts from the fire with the cat's paw.
To pull the chestnuts from the fire with the cat's paw.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Make hay while the sun shines.
 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose 
under the heaven:
 A time read more 
 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose 
under the heaven:
 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time 
to pluck up that which is planted;
  A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a 
time to build up;
   A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time 
to dance;
    A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; 
a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
     A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to 
cast away;
      A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a 
time to speak;
       A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of 
peace.