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Dally not with mony or women.
Dally not with mony or women.
Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt,
Since riches point to misery and contempt?
Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt,
Since riches point to misery and contempt?
A child correct behind and not before.
A child correct behind and not before.
By looking at squinting people you learn to squint.
By looking at squinting people you learn to squint.
What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?
What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?
Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.
Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.
Mariana in the moated grange.
Mariana in the moated grange.
'Tis in grain, sir; 'twill endure wind and weather.
'Tis in grain, sir; 'twill endure wind and weather.
All things have their place, knew wee how to place them.
All things have their place, knew wee how to place them.
