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We frolic while 'tis May.
We frolic while 'tis May.
To counsel others, and to disregard one's own safety, is folly.
To counsel others, and to disregard one's own safety, is folly.
A wealthy traveller fears an ambush, while one with empty pockets
journeys on in safety.
A wealthy traveller fears an ambush, while one with empty pockets
journeys on in safety.
The worst punishment of all is, that in the court of his own
conscience no guilty man is acquitted.
The worst punishment of all is, that in the court of his own
conscience no guilty man is acquitted.
Honour without profit is a ring on the finger.
Honour without profit is a ring on the finger.
We neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and
heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those read more
We neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and
heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those which are afar
off.
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means read more
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means of attack, the other as a means
of defence.
