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O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
Content is more than a kingdom.
Content is more than a kingdom.
'Tis all in vain to keep a constant pother
About one vice and fall into another.
'Tis all in vain to keep a constant pother
About one vice and fall into another.
Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.
Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.
The slothful is the servant of the counters.
The slothful is the servant of the counters.
Neither shall the wave, which has passed on, ever be recalled;
nor can the hour, which has once fled read more
Neither shall the wave, which has passed on, ever be recalled;
nor can the hour, which has once fled by, return again.
