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Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long and wise experience.
Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long and wise experience.
The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen, and better known,
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The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen, and better known,
Are but gigantic flights of stairs.
Nature made the fields and man the cities.
Nature made the fields and man the cities.
Seek not to inquire what the morrow will bring with it.
Seek not to inquire what the morrow will bring with it.
The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.
The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.
They that know one another salute a farre off.
They that know one another salute a farre off.
Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.
Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.
Sufferance is the badge of all our tribe.
Sufferance is the badge of all our tribe.
Envy will merit as its shade pursue,
But like a shadow, proves the substance true.
Envy will merit as its shade pursue,
But like a shadow, proves the substance true.
