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O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray read more
O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray ye flog them upon all occasions,
It mends their morals--never mind the pain.
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
We are born poets. we become orators.
We are born poets. we become orators.
Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
The shortest follies are the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]
The shortest follies are the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]
Princes are venison in Heaven.
Princes are venison in Heaven.
Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
Let nothing offensive to the ear or the eye enter these
thresholds, within which youth dwells.
Let nothing offensive to the ear or the eye enter these
thresholds, within which youth dwells.
