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Fill the bright goblet, spread the festive board!
Fill the bright goblet, spread the festive board!
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.
Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak
Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.
Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak
Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.
It's a proud horse that will not carry his owne provender.
It's a proud horse that will not carry his owne provender.
Covetousnesse breaks the bag.
Covetousnesse breaks the bag.
Parsons are soules waggoners.
Parsons are soules waggoners.
To err is human, but to persevere in error is only the act of a
fool.
[Lat., Cujusvis read more
To err is human, but to persevere in error is only the act of a
fool.
[Lat., Cujusvis hominis est errare, nullius nisi insipientis in
errore perseverare.]
Better good afarre off, then evill at hand.
Better good afarre off, then evill at hand.
It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters read more
It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters on which we should be silent.
