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He who sins when drunk will have to atone for it when sober.
He who sins when drunk will have to atone for it when sober.
A great fortune enslaves its owner.
A great fortune enslaves its owner.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
Ah, that deceit should steal such gentle shapes,
And with a virtuous vizor hide deep vice!
Ah, that deceit should steal such gentle shapes,
And with a virtuous vizor hide deep vice!
Faire language grates not the tongue.
Faire language grates not the tongue.
Time flies, as he flies, adds increase to her truth,
And gives to her mind what he steals from read more
Time flies, as he flies, adds increase to her truth,
And gives to her mind what he steals from her youth.
A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind.
A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind.
One man thinks one thing best, another another.
One man thinks one thing best, another another.
Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.
Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.
