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The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
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Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land!
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd,
As home his footsteps he hath turn'd,
From wandering on a foreign strand!
Good horses make short miles.
Good horses make short miles.
Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
A little given seasonably excuses a great gift.
A little given seasonably excuses a great gift.
Let him laugh, who is on the right side of the hedge.
Let him laugh, who is on the right side of the hedge.
Of such importance is early training.
Of such importance is early training.
A bitter drug oft brings relief.
A bitter drug oft brings relief.