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Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.
Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.
The tempest threatens before it comes; houses creak before they
fall.
The tempest threatens before it comes; houses creak before they
fall.
Falsehood is often rocked by truth, but she soon outgrows her
cradle, and discards her nurse.
Falsehood is often rocked by truth, but she soon outgrows her
cradle, and discards her nurse.
Time stoops to no man's lure.
Time stoops to no man's lure.
All places that the eye of heaven visits,
Are to a wise man ports and happy havens.
All places that the eye of heaven visits,
Are to a wise man ports and happy havens.
Wealth increaseth, but a nameless something is ever wanting to
our insufficient fortune.
Wealth increaseth, but a nameless something is ever wanting to
our insufficient fortune.
You must endure what is painful to secure that which is
profitable.
You must endure what is painful to secure that which is
profitable.
Many diseases may be cured by abstinence.
Many diseases may be cured by abstinence.
