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Facts are stubborn things.
Facts are stubborn things.
A handfull of good life is better then a bushell of learning.
A handfull of good life is better then a bushell of learning.
Fill the bright goblet, spread the festive board!
Fill the bright goblet, spread the festive board!
Pleasure bought with pain does harm.
Pleasure bought with pain does harm.
That eagle's fate and mine are one,
Which, on the shaft that made him die,
Espied a read more
That eagle's fate and mine are one,
Which, on the shaft that made him die,
Espied a feather of his own,
Wherewith he wont to soar so high.
He tells old wives' tales much to the point.
He tells old wives' tales much to the point.
Your pot broken seemes better then my whole one.
Your pot broken seemes better then my whole one.
Wouldst thou, or thou,
Forego what's now,
For all that hope may say?
No--joy's read more
Wouldst thou, or thou,
Forego what's now,
For all that hope may say?
No--joy's reply,
From every eye,
Is, "Live we while we may."
