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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
[Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]
Dearths foreseene come not.
Dearths foreseene come not.
Is it not sheer madness to live poor to die rich?
Is it not sheer madness to live poor to die rich?
A bitter drug oft brings relief.
A bitter drug oft brings relief.
You have but fed on the roses, and lain in the lilies of life.
You have but fed on the roses, and lain in the lilies of life.
From his silence a man's consent is inferred.
From his silence a man's consent is inferred.
When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest.
When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest.
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul.
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul.
