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Every one fastens where there is gaine.
Every one fastens where there is gaine.
What is now an act of reason, was but blind impulse.
What is now an act of reason, was but blind impulse.
A wealthy traveller fears an ambush, while one with empty pockets
journeys on in safety.
A wealthy traveller fears an ambush, while one with empty pockets
journeys on in safety.
Catch, then, O catch the transient hour;
Improve each moment as it flies!
Catch, then, O catch the transient hour;
Improve each moment as it flies!
It takes two to make a quarrel.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.
Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.
What our contempts do often hurl from us,
We wish it ours again.
What our contempts do often hurl from us,
We wish it ours again.
Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.
Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.
Though fame is smoke,
Its fumes are frankincense to human thought.
Though fame is smoke,
Its fumes are frankincense to human thought.
