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Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.
Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.
Building is a sweet impoverishing.
Building is a sweet impoverishing.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
 Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
 Old time is still a-flying;
  And this same flower that smiles read more 
 Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
 Old time is still a-flying;
  And this same flower that smiles to-day,
   To-morrow may be dying. 
 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that 
which is done is that which read more 
 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that 
which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new 
thing under the sun. 
 You can drive out nature with a pitchfork but she keeps on coming 
back.  
 You can drive out nature with a pitchfork but she keeps on coming 
back. 
To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.
To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.
Better fed than taught.
Better fed than taught.
Hope is a waking dream.
Hope is a waking dream.