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The man that heweth over high,
Some chip falleth in his eye.
The man that heweth over high,
Some chip falleth in his eye.
Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.
Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.
The first degree of folly is to hold ones selfe wise, the second
to professe it, the third to read more
The first degree of folly is to hold ones selfe wise, the second
to professe it, the third to despise counsell.
It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.
It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.
How sweet the task to shield an absent friend!
I ask but this of mine to--not defend.
How sweet the task to shield an absent friend!
I ask but this of mine to--not defend.
Reckon right, and February hath one and thirty daies.
Reckon right, and February hath one and thirty daies.
God comes to see without a bell.
God comes to see without a bell.
Great men have reaching hands.
Great men have reaching hands.
Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes.
Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes.
