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Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness.
Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness.
Defer no time; delays have dangerous ends.
Defer no time; delays have dangerous ends.
Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues
We write in water.
Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues
We write in water.
Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.
Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.
Catch, then, O catch the transient hour;
Improve each moment as it flies!
Catch, then, O catch the transient hour;
Improve each moment as it flies!
A novice always behaves with propriety.
A novice always behaves with propriety.
Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all.
Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all.
I give not gold for mere expectations.
I give not gold for mere expectations.
The generous heart
Should scorn a pleasure which gives others pain.
The generous heart
Should scorn a pleasure which gives others pain.
