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Who could tell such a story with dry eyes?
Who could tell such a story with dry eyes?
God gives his wrath by weight, and without weight his mercy.
God gives his wrath by weight, and without weight his mercy.
Trust no friend with that you need fear him if he were your
enemy.
Trust no friend with that you need fear him if he were your
enemy.
Step after step the ladder is ascended.
Step after step the ladder is ascended.
We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.
We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.
Nothing is so swift as calumny, nothing is more easily
propagated, nothing more readily credited, nothing more widely
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Nothing is so swift as calumny, nothing is more easily
propagated, nothing more readily credited, nothing more widely
circulated.
Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.
Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
Her tears will pierce into a marble heart.
Her tears will pierce into a marble heart.
