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In the mouth of a bad dog fals often a good bone.
In the mouth of a bad dog fals often a good bone.
The river past, and God forgotten.
The river past, and God forgotten.
The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.
Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.
A favour is half granted, when graciously refused.
A favour is half granted, when graciously refused.
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
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Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
But where unbruised youth with unstuffed brain
Doth couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign.
When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions.
When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions.
It is not to be argued that the abuse of a thing proves that it
is useless.
It is not to be argued that the abuse of a thing proves that it
is useless.
The cause ceasing, the effect ceases also.
The cause ceasing, the effect ceases also.
