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Life like an empty dream flits by.
Life like an empty dream flits by.
Who teacheth often learns himself.
Who teacheth often learns himself.
Thou wear a lion's hide! doff it for shame,
And hang a calf's skin on those recreant limbs.
Thou wear a lion's hide! doff it for shame,
And hang a calf's skin on those recreant limbs.
If the first of July be rainy weather,
It will rain, more of less, for four weeks together.
If the first of July be rainy weather,
It will rain, more of less, for four weeks together.
Thus the whirligig of time
Brings in his revenges.
Thus the whirligig of time
Brings in his revenges.
And, oftentimes, excusing of a fault,
Doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.
And, oftentimes, excusing of a fault,
Doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.