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A penny spar'd is twice got.
A penny spar'd is twice got.
To make a commencement requires a mental effort.
To make a commencement requires a mental effort.
If the destructive dice-box has pleasures for the father, the son
will be a gambler.
If the destructive dice-box has pleasures for the father, the son
will be a gambler.
Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.
Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
Often do the spirits
Of great events stride on before the events,
And in to-day already walks read more
Often do the spirits
Of great events stride on before the events,
And in to-day already walks to-morrow.
When yet was ever found a mother
Who'd give her booby for another?
When yet was ever found a mother
Who'd give her booby for another?
Worship and birth to me are known
By look, by bearing, and by tone,
Not by furred read more
Worship and birth to me are known
By look, by bearing, and by tone,
Not by furred robe, or broidered zone.
They condemn that which they cannot comprehend.
They condemn that which they cannot comprehend.
