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God comes to see without a bell.
God comes to see without a bell.
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to
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It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to
hear the song of fools.
Great almes-giving lessens no mans living.
Great almes-giving lessens no mans living.
This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.
This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.
There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.
There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.
Hee that lookes not before, finds himselfe behind.
Hee that lookes not before, finds himselfe behind.
A holy habit clenseth not a foule soule.
A holy habit clenseth not a foule soule.
He burns us by his brightness. [We are vexed at his manifest
superiority.]
He burns us by his brightness. [We are vexed at his manifest
superiority.]
Like St. George, always in his saddle, never on his way.
- Clement Walker,
Like St. George, always in his saddle, never on his way.
- Clement Walker,