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The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.
E'en his failings leaned to virtue's side.
E'en his failings leaned to virtue's side.
Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.
Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
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Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
And some condemned for a fault alone.
Who will think that the gods can be insulted with impunity?
Who will think that the gods can be insulted with impunity?
Employ thy time well if thou meanest to get leisure.
Employ thy time well if thou meanest to get leisure.
Learned or unlearned we all must be scribbling.
Learned or unlearned we all must be scribbling.
A noble plant suites not with a stubborne ground.
A noble plant suites not with a stubborne ground.
