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O how full of briars is this working-day world.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
All is grist that comes to the mill.
All is grist that comes to the mill.
Long jesting was never good.
Long jesting was never good.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on,
And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on,
And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood.
Some falls the means are happier to rise.
Some falls the means are happier to rise.
To counsel others, and to disregard one's own safety, is folly.
To counsel others, and to disregard one's own safety, is folly.
As you sow, so shall you also reap.
As you sow, so shall you also reap.
The faults of his adored escape the notice of the blind admirer.
The faults of his adored escape the notice of the blind admirer.
