A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine; Who sweeps a room, as for Thy laws, Makes that and the action fine.
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The consciousness of duty performed gives us music at midnight.
Lie not, neither to thyself nor men nor God. Let mouth and heart be one—beat and speak together, and make both felt in action. It is for cowards to lie.
Gold thou mayest safely touch, but if it stick Unto thy hands, it woundeth to the quick.
Knowledge is folly unless grace guide it.
Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky.
Dare to be true; nothing can need a lie; A fault which needs it most grows two thereby.
The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
A civil guest Will no more talk all, than eat all the feast.
None is a fool always, everyone sometimes.
When a friend asks there is no tomorrow.
Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.
Hope is the poor man's bread.
Love and a cough cannot be hid.
Love your neighbor, yet pull not down your hedge.
For want of a nail the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost.
Living well is the best revenge.
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