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Is there a man whose judgment clear
Can others teach the course to steer,
Yet runs himself read more
Is there a man whose judgment clear
Can others teach the course to steer,
Yet runs himself life's mad career,
Wild as the wave?
A little lett lets an ill workeman.
A little lett lets an ill workeman.
Be cheerful, if you are wise.
Be cheerful, if you are wise.
A faire wife and a frontire Castle breede quarrels.
A faire wife and a frontire Castle breede quarrels.
. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
[Lat., Nihil aliud est ebrietas quam voluntaria insania.]
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
[Lat., Nihil aliud est ebrietas quam voluntaria insania.]
Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.
Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.
If the husband once give way
To his wife's capricious sway,
For his breeches he next day
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If the husband once give way
To his wife's capricious sway,
For his breeches he next day
May go to whoop and holloa.
It is folly to fear what cannot be avoided.
It is folly to fear what cannot be avoided.
