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And we must take the current when it serves;
Or lose our ventures.
And we must take the current when it serves;
Or lose our ventures.
He that knowes nothing, doubts nothing.
He that knowes nothing, doubts nothing.
Where there is peace, God is.
Where there is peace, God is.
Envy will merit as its shade pursue,
But like a shadow, proves the substance true.
Envy will merit as its shade pursue,
But like a shadow, proves the substance true.
Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
The Good are better made by Ill,
As odours crushed are sweeter still.
The Good are better made by Ill,
As odours crushed are sweeter still.
It is part of the cure to wish to be cured.
[Lat., Pars sanitatis velle sanari fruit.]
It is part of the cure to wish to be cured.
[Lat., Pars sanitatis velle sanari fruit.]
Fortune may rob us of our wealth, not of our courage.
Fortune may rob us of our wealth, not of our courage.
