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The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
Enjoy in happiness the pleasures which each hour brings with it.
Enjoy in happiness the pleasures which each hour brings with it.
The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.
The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.
Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
But civlyzation doos git forrid
Sometimes upon a powder-cart.
But civlyzation doos git forrid
Sometimes upon a powder-cart.
Neither eyes on letters, nor hands in coffers.
Neither eyes on letters, nor hands in coffers.
Hug the shore; let others try the deep.
Hug the shore; let others try the deep.
Day treads upon the heels of day, and the new moons hasten to
their waning.
Day treads upon the heels of day, and the new moons hasten to
their waning.
