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He that contemplates hath a day without night.
He that contemplates hath a day without night.
What our contempts do often hurl from us,
We wish it ours again.
What our contempts do often hurl from us,
We wish it ours again.
If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
To taste many things bespeaks but a poor appetite. [To engage in
a multiplicity of studies shows but a read more
To taste many things bespeaks but a poor appetite. [To engage in
a multiplicity of studies shows but a weak mind.]
Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.
Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.
Gold! gold! gold! gold!
Bright and yellow, hard and cold!
Gold! gold! gold! gold!
Bright and yellow, hard and cold!
The getting out of doors is the greatest part of the journey.
The getting out of doors is the greatest part of the journey.
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a
hundred sons one father.
One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a
hundred sons one father.
