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We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
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We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow degrees, by more and more,
The cloudy summits of our time.
'Tis best to pause, and think, ere you rush on.
'Tis best to pause, and think, ere you rush on.
He that hath a head of waxe must not walke in the sunne.
He that hath a head of waxe must not walke in the sunne.
One sword keeres another in the sheath.
One sword keeres another in the sheath.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
Wisely, I say, I am a bachelor.
Wisely, I say, I am a bachelor.
This is the reward of my folly.
This is the reward of my folly.
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]