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Better do nothing than do ill.
Better do nothing than do ill.
Whither, O god of wine, art thou hurrying me, whilst under thy
all-powerful influence?
Whither, O god of wine, art thou hurrying me, whilst under thy
all-powerful influence?
What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
Her tears will pierce into a marble heart.
Her tears will pierce into a marble heart.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.
Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.
Great actions are not always true sons
Of great and mighty resolutions.
Great actions are not always true sons
Of great and mighty resolutions.
A small heart hath small desires.
A small heart hath small desires.
He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not.
He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not.
