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How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.
She can change her
Mind like the wind: whatever she has said
Or done, is light to read more
She can change her
Mind like the wind: whatever she has said
Or done, is light to what she'll say or do.
Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer.
Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer.
A people without history is like the wind on the buffalo grass.
A people without history is like the wind on the buffalo grass.
This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.
This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.
Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it
will turn sour.
Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it
will turn sour.
In doubtful matters boldness is everything.
In doubtful matters boldness is everything.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
