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Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn!
Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn!
With devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
With devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
Thou marvell'st at my words, but hold thee still;
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Thou marvell'st at my words, but hold thee still;
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
The Court hath no Almanack.
The Court hath no Almanack.
The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror.
The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror.
At Christmas play, and make good cheer,
For Christmas comes but once a year.
At Christmas play, and make good cheer,
For Christmas comes but once a year.
He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his
love of possessing wealth.
He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his
love of possessing wealth.
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
