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It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries.
It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries.
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
Old men go to Death, Death comes to Young men.
Old men go to Death, Death comes to Young men.
How blessings brighten as they take their flight.
How blessings brighten as they take their flight.
His resolution is unshaken; tears, though shed, avail not.
His resolution is unshaken; tears, though shed, avail not.
The soule needs few things, the body many.
The soule needs few things, the body many.
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack'd and never well
mended.
Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack'd and never well
mended.
Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.
Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.
