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 The priest he merry is, and blithe
 Three-quarters of a year,
  But oh! it cuts him like read more 
 The priest he merry is, and blithe
 Three-quarters of a year,
  But oh! it cuts him like a scythe
   When tithing time draws near. 
 No well-informed person has declared a change of opinion to be 
inconstancy.
 [Lat., Nemo doctus unquam mutationem consilii read more 
 No well-informed person has declared a change of opinion to be 
inconstancy.
 [Lat., Nemo doctus unquam mutationem consilii inconstantiam dixit 
esse.] 
Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand.
Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand.
 Judge not the preacher; for he is thy judge:
 If thou mislike him, thou conceiv'st him not.
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 Judge not the preacher; for he is thy judge:
 If thou mislike him, thou conceiv'st him not.
  God calleth preaching folly. Do not grudge
   To pick out treasures from an earthen pot.
    The worst speak something good. If all want sense,
     God takes a text, and preaches patience. 
In complex situations, we may rely too heavily on planning and forecasting and underestimate the importance of random factors in read more
In complex situations, we may rely too heavily on planning and forecasting and underestimate the importance of random factors in the environment. That reliance can also lead to delusions of control.
 But Cristes loore, and his Apostles twelve
 He taughte, but first he folowed it hymselfe.  
 But Cristes loore, and his Apostles twelve
 He taughte, but first he folowed it hymselfe. 
 They shall knaw a file, and flee unto the mountains of Hepsidam 
whar the lion roareth and the Wang read more 
 They shall knaw a file, and flee unto the mountains of Hepsidam 
whar the lion roareth and the Wang Doodle mourneth for its first 
born--ah! 
 There goes the parson, oh illustrious spark!
 And there, scarce less illustrious, goes the clerk.  
 There goes the parson, oh illustrious spark!
 And there, scarce less illustrious, goes the clerk. 
 Oh, for a forty-parson power to chant
 Thy praise, Hypocrisy! Oh, for a hymn
  Loud as the read more 
 Oh, for a forty-parson power to chant
 Thy praise, Hypocrisy! Oh, for a hymn
  Loud as the virtues thou dost loudly vaunt,
   Not practise!