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Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
Prodigal of the property of others, sparing of his own.
Prodigal of the property of others, sparing of his own.
The mind flies back with a grand recoil
From debts not due till to-morrow.
The mind flies back with a grand recoil
From debts not due till to-morrow.
Seek not to inquire what the morrow will bring with it.
Seek not to inquire what the morrow will bring with it.
He that hath no ill fortune is troubled with good.
He that hath no ill fortune is troubled with good.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
He who tries to protect himself from deception is often cheated,
even when most on his guard.
He who tries to protect himself from deception is often cheated,
even when most on his guard.
To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure.
[To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by read more
To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure.
[To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by measure.]
One murder made a villain,
Millions a hero.
One murder made a villain,
Millions a hero.
