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Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly.
Topic: Advice
Author: Sir John Davies
Deeds are males, words females are.
Topic: Deeds
Author: Sir John Davies
For what made that in glory shine so long But poets' Pens, pluckt from Archangels' wings?
Topic: Pen
Author: Sir John Davies
Much like a subtle spider, which doth sit In middle of her web, which spreadeth wide: If aught do touch the utmost thread of it, She feels it instantly on every side.
Topic: Spiders
Author: Sir John Davies
There was a man bespake a think, Which when the owner home did bring, He that made it did refuse it: And he that brought it would not use it, And he that hath it doth now know Whether he hath it yea or no.
Topic: Undertakers
Author: Sir John Davies
There was a man bespake a think, Which when the owner home did bring, He that made it did refuse it: And he that brought it would not use it, And he that hath it doth now know Whether he hath it yea or no.
Topic: Undertakers
Author: Sir John Davies
Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly.
Topic: Zeal
Author: Sir John Davies
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