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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.
The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.
The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.
Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.
Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.
The market is the best garden.
The market is the best garden.
Much spends the traveller, more then the abider.
Much spends the traveller, more then the abider.
He stands the shadow of a mighty name.
[Lat., Stat magni nominis umbra.]
He stands the shadow of a mighty name.
[Lat., Stat magni nominis umbra.]
We hate the hawk because he ever lives in battle.
We hate the hawk because he ever lives in battle.
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth
knowledge increaseth sorrow.
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth
knowledge increaseth sorrow.
Great wit to madness sure is near allied,
And thin partitions do their bounds divide.
Great wit to madness sure is near allied,
And thin partitions do their bounds divide.