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An examin'd enterprize goes on boldly.
An examin'd enterprize goes on boldly.
Fidelity, purchased with money, money can destroy.
Fidelity, purchased with money, money can destroy.
Think nought a trifle, though it small appear;
Small sands the mountain, moments make the year,
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Think nought a trifle, though it small appear;
Small sands the mountain, moments make the year,
And trifles life.
God oft hath a great share in a little house.
God oft hath a great share in a little house.
Better is one Accipe, then twice to say, Dabo tibi.
Better is one Accipe, then twice to say, Dabo tibi.
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.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
How sweet the task to shield an absent friend!
I ask but this of mine to--not defend.
How sweet the task to shield an absent friend!
I ask but this of mine to--not defend.
