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It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge.
It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge.
Rome was not built in a day.
Rome was not built in a day.
'Tis pleasant to stand on shore and watch others labouring in a
stormy sea.
'Tis pleasant to stand on shore and watch others labouring in a
stormy sea.
Unless your works lead to profit, vain is your glory in them.
Unless your works lead to profit, vain is your glory in them.
The eye is bigger then the belly.
[The eye is bigger than the belly.]
The eye is bigger then the belly.
[The eye is bigger than the belly.]
Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
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No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
And flow as now it flows.
Seek not to inquire what the morrow will bring with it.
Seek not to inquire what the morrow will bring with it.
