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He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in
seeking succour meets with ruin.
He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in
seeking succour meets with ruin.
Hee that lives in hope danceth without musick.
Hee that lives in hope danceth without musick.
And what love can do, that does love attempt.
And what love can do, that does love attempt.
In idle wishes fools supinely stay;
Be there a will,--and wisdom finds a way.
In idle wishes fools supinely stay;
Be there a will,--and wisdom finds a way.
All beasts of prey are strong or treacherous.
All beasts of prey are strong or treacherous.
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with
increased violence.
Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with
increased violence.
Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.
Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.
