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Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water.
Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water.
Craft against vice I must apply.
Craft against vice I must apply.
The point is plain as a pike staff.
The point is plain as a pike staff.
Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.
Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.
The sun sets without thy assistance.
The sun sets without thy assistance.
The tree that God plants, no winde hurts it.
The tree that God plants, no winde hurts it.
What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
Fight thou with shafts of silver, and o'ercome
When no force else can get the masterdom.
Fight thou with shafts of silver, and o'ercome
When no force else can get the masterdom.
Do what you should, not what you may.
Do what you should, not what you may.
