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The good refrain from sin from the pure love of virtue.
The good refrain from sin from the pure love of virtue.
O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray read more
O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray ye flog them upon all occasions,
It mends their morals--never mind the pain.
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you
embrace another.
In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you
embrace another.
Better do nothing than do ill.
Better do nothing than do ill.
One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a
hundred sons one father.
One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a
hundred sons one father.
A favour is half granted, when graciously refused.
A favour is half granted, when graciously refused.
Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither;
They had been fou for weeks thegither.
Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither;
They had been fou for weeks thegither.
The March sunne raises but dissolves not.
The March sunne raises but dissolves not.
