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God made not pleasures for the rich alone.
God made not pleasures for the rich alone.
As fierce as hell, or fiercer still,
A woman piqued who has her will.
As fierce as hell, or fiercer still,
A woman piqued who has her will.
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
The best manners are stained by haughtiness.
The best manners are stained by haughtiness.
All delay is irksome, but it teaches us wisdom.
All delay is irksome, but it teaches us wisdom.
Perhaps the day may come when we shall remember these sufferings
with joy.
Perhaps the day may come when we shall remember these sufferings
with joy.
