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If we cannot do what we want, we must do what we can.
If we cannot do what we want, we must do what we can.
Mystery magnifies danger, as the fog does the sun.
Mystery magnifies danger, as the fog does the sun.
The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]
The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
Comparisons are odious.
Comparisons are odious.
He quits his place well, that leaves his friend there.
He quits his place well, that leaves his friend there.
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth,
that shall he also reap.
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth,
that shall he also reap.
He who accuses another of wrong should look well into his own
conduct.
He who accuses another of wrong should look well into his own
conduct.
Give me the soft sigh, whilst the soul-telling eye
Is dimm'd for a time with a tear.
Give me the soft sigh, whilst the soul-telling eye
Is dimm'd for a time with a tear.