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No day is wholly unproductive of good.
No day is wholly unproductive of good.
The Citizen is at his businesse before he rise.
The Citizen is at his businesse before he rise.
Every one stretcheth his legges according to his coverlet.
[Every one stretches his legs according to his coverlet.]
Every one stretcheth his legges according to his coverlet.
[Every one stretches his legs according to his coverlet.]
Do what you should, not what you may.
Do what you should, not what you may.
Let your mind, happily contented with the present, care not what
the morrow will bring with it.
Let your mind, happily contented with the present, care not what
the morrow will bring with it.
No choice amongst stinking fish.
No choice amongst stinking fish.
But who would scorn the month of June,
Because December with his breath so hoary,
Must come? read more
But who would scorn the month of June,
Because December with his breath so hoary,
Must come? Much rather should he court the ray,
To hoard up warmth against a wintry day.
Do you desire not to be angry? Be not inquisitive. He who
inquires what is said of him only read more
Do you desire not to be angry? Be not inquisitive. He who
inquires what is said of him only works out his own misery.
You may be on land, yet not in a garden.
You may be on land, yet not in a garden.
