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To live with them is far less sweet,
Than to remember thee!
To live with them is far less sweet,
Than to remember thee!
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.
The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet.
The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet.
A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.
A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind!
The thief doth fear each bush an officer.
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind!
The thief doth fear each bush an officer.
Bliss itself is not worth having,
If we're by compulsion blest.
Bliss itself is not worth having,
If we're by compulsion blest.
Never without a shilling in my purse.
Never without a shilling in my purse.
Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age.
Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age.
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a
brawling woman in a wide read more
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a
brawling woman in a wide house.
