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For glances beget ogles, ogles sighs,
Sighs wishes, wishes words, and words a letter.
For glances beget ogles, ogles sighs,
Sighs wishes, wishes words, and words a letter.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Make hay while the sun shines.
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
A drunkards purse is a bottle.
A drunkards purse is a bottle.
Crime requires further crime to conceal it.
Crime requires further crime to conceal it.
Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
Yet run himself read more
Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
Yet run himself life's mad career
Wild as the wave?
I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.]
I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.]
There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.
There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.