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Don't long for the unripe grape.
Don't long for the unripe grape.
In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.
In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.
Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind
without rain.
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind
without rain.
Prayers and provender hinder no journey.
Prayers and provender hinder no journey.
Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopp'd,
Doth burn the heart to cinders, where it is.
Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopp'd,
Doth burn the heart to cinders, where it is.
Sweet discourse makes short daies and nights.
Sweet discourse makes short daies and nights.
The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more
and more unto the perfect day.
The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more
and more unto the perfect day.
