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Take the goods the gods provide thee.
Take the goods the gods provide thee.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
A mind conscious of its own rectitude.
[Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]
A mind conscious of its own rectitude.
[Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]
He that contemplates hath a day without night.
He that contemplates hath a day without night.
Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
Yet run himself read more
Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
Yet run himself life's mad career
Wild as the wave?
Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.
Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.
Wood halfe burnt is easily kindled.
Wood halfe burnt is easily kindled.
Whither, O god of wine, art thou hurrying me, whilst under thy
all-powerful influence?
Whither, O god of wine, art thou hurrying me, whilst under thy
all-powerful influence?
