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Feast of the Naming & Circumcision of Jesus Why does He make our hearts so strangely still, Why stands read more
Feast of the Naming & Circumcision of Jesus Why does He make our hearts so strangely still, Why stands He forth so stately and so tall? Because He has no self to serve, no will That does not seek the welfare of the All.
The more virtuous a man himself is, the less does he suspect
baseness in others.
The more virtuous a man himself is, the less does he suspect
baseness in others.
It so falls out
That what we have we prize not to the worth
Whiles we enjoy read more
It so falls out
That what we have we prize not to the worth
Whiles we enjoy it; but being lacked and lost,
Why, then we rack the value.
Charity begins at home.
[Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]
Charity begins at home.
[Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]
This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
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This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
With some rhyme, rotten sentence, or old saying,
Such spokes as ye ancient of ye parish use.
'Tis easier to build two chimneys, then to maintaine one.
'Tis easier to build two chimneys, then to maintaine one.
Great almes-giving lessens no mans living.
Great almes-giving lessens no mans living.
Three can hold their peace, if two be away.
Three can hold their peace, if two be away.
No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble
about.
No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble
about.
