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A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
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!
In every age and clime we see,
Two of a trade can ne'er agree.
In every age and clime we see,
Two of a trade can ne'er agree.
I will be correspondent to command.
I will be correspondent to command.
Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age.
Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age.
Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.
The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.
When the night's darkest the dawn is nearest.
When the night's darkest the dawn is nearest.
