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Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.
Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.
Be not for ever harassed by impotent desire.
Be not for ever harassed by impotent desire.
Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
Preferment goes by letter and affection.
Preferment goes by letter and affection.
She only said, My life is dreary,
He cometh not, she said;
She said I am aweary, read more
She only said, My life is dreary,
He cometh not, she said;
She said I am aweary, aweary,
Oh God, that I were dead.
The way of transgressors is hard.
The way of transgressors is hard.
Saint Luke was a Saint and a Physitian, yet is dead.
Saint Luke was a Saint and a Physitian, yet is dead.
An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.
An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till
afterwards.
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till
afterwards.
