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Who remove stones, bruise their fingers.
Who remove stones, bruise their fingers.
What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
Consider the end.
Consider the end.
The sense of death is most in apprehension.
The sense of death is most in apprehension.
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
'Twas Christmas broached the mightiest ale,
'Twas Christmas told the merriest tale.
'Twas Christmas broached the mightiest ale,
'Twas Christmas told the merriest tale.
Who aspires must down as low
As high he soar'd.
Who aspires must down as low
As high he soar'd.
Good things soon find a purchaser.
Good things soon find a purchaser.
For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich;
And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
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For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich;
And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
