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Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.
Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.
When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
Not treasured wealth, nor the consul's lictor, can dispel the
mind's bitter conflicts and the cares that flit, like read more
Not treasured wealth, nor the consul's lictor, can dispel the
mind's bitter conflicts and the cares that flit, like bats, about
your fretted roofs.
'Tis said the lion will turn and flee
From a maid in the pride of her purity.
'Tis said the lion will turn and flee
From a maid in the pride of her purity.
What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!
How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!
When we have what we like 'tis hard to miss it.
When we have what we like 'tis hard to miss it.
Hee that goes barefoot, must not plant thornes.
Hee that goes barefoot, must not plant thornes.
Princes are venison in Heaven.
Princes are venison in Heaven.