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The big thieves hang the little ones.
The big thieves hang the little ones.
 Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
 In whose benign, redeeming flow
  Is felt the first, the only sense
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 Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
 In whose benign, redeeming flow
  Is felt the first, the only sense
   Of guiltless joy that guilt can know. 
In the end truth will out.
In the end truth will out.
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
 We have not wings, we cannot soar,
 But we have feet to scale and climb
  By slow read more 
 We have not wings, we cannot soar,
 But we have feet to scale and climb
  By slow degrees, by more and more,
   The cloudy summits of our time. 
Although it raine, throw not away thy watering pot.
Although it raine, throw not away thy watering pot.
The remedy is worse than the disease.
The remedy is worse than the disease.
Who eates his cock alone must saddle his horse alone.
Who eates his cock alone must saddle his horse alone.
The more thou stir it the worse it will be.
The more thou stir it the worse it will be.