Our God and soldiers we alike adore ev'n at the brink of danger not before After deliverance, both alike requited, Our God's forgotten, and our soldiers slighted.
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Temper your enjoyments with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word "satiety."
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The light of the understanding- humility kindleth and pride covereth.
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If thy words be too luxuriant, confine them, lest they confine thee. He that thinks he can never speak enough, may easily speak too much. A full tongue and an empty brain are seldom parted.
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The world's a book, writ by the eternal art - Of the great author printed in man's heart, 'Tis falsely printed, though divinely penned, And all the errata will appear at the end.
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My soul, sit thou a patient looker-on Judge not the play before the play is done Her plot hath many changes every day Speaks a new scene the last act crowns the play
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