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Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.
Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.
Clean hands are better than full ones in the sight of God.
Clean hands are better than full ones in the sight of God.
Where there is peace, God is.
Where there is peace, God is.
Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than
those who turn beggars.
Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than
those who turn beggars.
But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
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But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
Casts off its bright skin yearly like a snake.
The tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.
The tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.
Every tub must stand upon its bottom.
Every tub must stand upon its bottom.
Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.
Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.
