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Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.
Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.
He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
An Idle youth, a needy Age.
An Idle youth, a needy Age.
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be read more
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be holp by backward turning;
One desperate grief cures with another's languish.
The more thou stir it the worse it will be.
The more thou stir it the worse it will be.
Our native land attracts us with some mysterious charm, never to
be forgotten.
Our native land attracts us with some mysterious charm, never to
be forgotten.
Count not fowre except you have them in a wallett.
Count not fowre except you have them in a wallett.
Manners with Fortunes, Humours turn with Climes,
Tenets with Books, and Principles with Times.
Manners with Fortunes, Humours turn with Climes,
Tenets with Books, and Principles with Times.
Hee is a foole that thinks not that another thinks.
Hee is a foole that thinks not that another thinks.
