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 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whoever is 
deceived thereby is not wise.  
 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whoever is 
deceived thereby is not wise. 
 Which he by hook or crook has gather'd
 And by his own inventions father'd.  
 Which he by hook or crook has gather'd
 And by his own inventions father'd. 
An excess of hoarded wealth is the death of many.
An excess of hoarded wealth is the death of many.
By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
He is onely bright that shines by himselfe.
He is onely bright that shines by himselfe.
Whether shall the Oxe goe, where he shall not labour?
Whether shall the Oxe goe, where he shall not labour?
All things require skill, but an appetite.
All things require skill, but an appetite.
As is the mother, so is her daughter.
As is the mother, so is her daughter.
 Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword 
on me.  
 Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword 
on me.