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What you keep by you, you may change and mend;
But words once spoke can never be recall'd.
What you keep by you, you may change and mend;
But words once spoke can never be recall'd.
The bit that one eates, no friend makes.
The bit that one eates, no friend makes.
Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!
Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!
It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in
joke.
It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in
joke.
He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
As the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
As the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes.
Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes.
The best things in life are free.
The best things in life are free.
