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He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.
He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.
You may suppress natural propensities by force, but they will be
certain to re-appear.
You may suppress natural propensities by force, but they will be
certain to re-appear.
O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
Mariana in the moated grange.
Mariana in the moated grange.
A sword laid by,
Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously.
A sword laid by,
Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously.
The Lame goes as farre as your staggerer.
The Lame goes as farre as your staggerer.