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Fall back upon a name? rest, rot in that?
Not keep it noble, make it nobler? Fools!
Fall back upon a name? rest, rot in that?
Not keep it noble, make it nobler? Fools!
You walk over red-hot lava hidden beneath treacherous ashes.
You walk over red-hot lava hidden beneath treacherous ashes.
Modesty once lost, never returns into favour.
Modesty once lost, never returns into favour.
A hundred loade of thought will not pay one of debts.
A hundred loade of thought will not pay one of debts.
To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.
To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.
The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.
The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.
There is a certain kind of pleasure in weeping.
There is a certain kind of pleasure in weeping.
The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his
love of possessing wealth.
He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his
love of possessing wealth.
