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Do what you should, not what you may.
Do what you should, not what you may.
How blessings brighten as they take their flight.
How blessings brighten as they take their flight.
Every tub must stand upon its bottom.
Every tub must stand upon its bottom.
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, read more
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, exclaims, "Thou wast my
only one!"
No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
if attacked by another, that read more
He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
if attacked by another, that man is a scoundrel.
Good habits result from resisting temptation.
Good habits result from resisting temptation.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
The very rats
Instinctively had quit it.
The very rats
Instinctively had quit it.
