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Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
The girl is the smallest portion of herself. [The girl is all
crinoline and chignon.]
The girl is the smallest portion of herself. [The girl is all
crinoline and chignon.]
Despise not sweet inviting love-making nor the merry dance.
Despise not sweet inviting love-making nor the merry dance.
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.
'Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust.
'Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust.
He that talkes much of his happinesse summons griefe.
He that talkes much of his happinesse summons griefe.
Whither, O god of wine, art thou hurrying me, whilst under thy
all-powerful influence?
Whither, O god of wine, art thou hurrying me, whilst under thy
all-powerful influence?
Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of.
Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of.
Man's extremity is God's opportunity.
Man's extremity is God's opportunity.
