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Forgetful of thy tomb thou buildest houses.
Forgetful of thy tomb thou buildest houses.
His sickness increases from the remedies applied to cure it.
His sickness increases from the remedies applied to cure it.
Nature made the fields and man the cities.
Nature made the fields and man the cities.
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind
without rain.
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind
without rain.
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
A man he seems of cheerful yesterdays,
And confident to-morrows.
A man he seems of cheerful yesterdays,
And confident to-morrows.
What sweeter gift from nature has fallen to the lot of man than
his children?
What sweeter gift from nature has fallen to the lot of man than
his children?
Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.
Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.