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He quits his place well, that leaves his friend there.
He quits his place well, that leaves his friend there.
The cares that flutter batlike round fretted roofs.
The cares that flutter batlike round fretted roofs.
A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in
his own house.
A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in
his own house.
I tell the tale as it was told to me.
I tell the tale as it was told to me.
With taper-light
To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish.
With taper-light
To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish.
Hell is paved with good intentions.
Hell is paved with good intentions.
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
Confusion's cure lives not
In these confusions.
Confusion's cure lives not
In these confusions.
O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
O doul on the day that gae me an old man.