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Idleness ruins the constitution.
Idleness ruins the constitution.
Give thy thoughts no tongue.
Give thy thoughts no tongue.
There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.
There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.
We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.
We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.
Be not ashamed to have had wild days, but not to have sown your
wild oats.
Be not ashamed to have had wild days, but not to have sown your
wild oats.
But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.
But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.
To a good spender God is the Treasurer.
To a good spender God is the Treasurer.
Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.
Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.
'Tis best to pause, and think, ere you rush on.
'Tis best to pause, and think, ere you rush on.