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Religious questions have often led to wicked and impious actions.
Religious questions have often led to wicked and impious actions.
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a
brawling woman in a wide read more
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a
brawling woman in a wide house.
Being on sea saile, being on land settle.
Being on sea saile, being on land settle.
That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.
That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.
Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do.
Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do.
Princes are venison in Heaven.
Princes are venison in Heaven.
No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
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No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
And flow as now it flows.
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.]
Cares deny all rest to weary limbs.
Cares deny all rest to weary limbs.
