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Falsehood is often rocked by truth, but she soon outgrows her
cradle, and discards her nurse.
Falsehood is often rocked by truth, but she soon outgrows her
cradle, and discards her nurse.
Be what thou wouldst seeme to be.
Be what thou wouldst seeme to be.
There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.
There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.
Neither shall the wave, which has passed on, ever be recalled;
nor can the hour, which has once fled read more
Neither shall the wave, which has passed on, ever be recalled;
nor can the hour, which has once fled by, return again.
Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim.
Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim.
Thou will scare be a man before thy mother.
Thou will scare be a man before thy mother.
Skins may differ, but affection
Dwells in white and black the same.
Skins may differ, but affection
Dwells in white and black the same.
No choice amongst stinking fish.
No choice amongst stinking fish.
When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
