The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.

The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.

Modred's narrow foxy face,
Heart hiding smile, and gray persistent eye.

Modred's narrow foxy face,
Heart hiding smile, and gray persistent eye.

A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.

A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.

The hair that covers the wit is more than the wit, for the
greater hides the less.

The hair that covers the wit is more than the wit, for the
greater hides the less.

There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.

There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.

Liars pay the penalty of their own misdeeds.

Liars pay the penalty of their own misdeeds.

The mountains are in labour, the birth will be an absurd little
mouse.

The mountains are in labour, the birth will be an absurd little
mouse.

Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.

Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.

Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
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Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
Of guiltless joy that guilt can know.