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No barber shaves so close but another finds worke.
No barber shaves so close but another finds worke.
Happy, twice happy, you who dwell in the country, if you only
knew the pleasures which surround you!
Happy, twice happy, you who dwell in the country, if you only
knew the pleasures which surround you!
A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.
A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.
Time rolls on, and we grow old with silent years.
Time rolls on, and we grow old with silent years.
Fortune may rob us of our wealth, not of our courage.
Fortune may rob us of our wealth, not of our courage.
Anger manages everything badly.
Anger manages everything badly.
No man will revel long in the indulgence of crime.
No man will revel long in the indulgence of crime.
Ah! when the means are gone that buy this praise,
The breath is gone whereof this praise is made.
Ah! when the means are gone that buy this praise,
The breath is gone whereof this praise is made.
Breed up a crow and he'll pick out your eyes.
Breed up a crow and he'll pick out your eyes.