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A rolling stone gathers no moss.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Revenge and wrong bring forth their kind;
The foul cubs like their parents are.
Revenge and wrong bring forth their kind;
The foul cubs like their parents are.
He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.
The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.
Common report is not always wrong.
Common report is not always wrong.
His tact, too, temper'd him from grave to gay,
And taught him when to be reserved or free.
His tact, too, temper'd him from grave to gay,
And taught him when to be reserved or free.
I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!
I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!
