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Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
They that know one another salute a farre off.
They that know one another salute a farre off.
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my read more
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land!
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd,
As home his footsteps he hath turn'd,
From wandering on a foreign strand!
What sweeter gift from nature has fallen to the lot of man than
his children?
What sweeter gift from nature has fallen to the lot of man than
his children?
It is better to have wings then hornes.
It is better to have wings then hornes.
Covetous of another man's, prodigal of his own.
Covetous of another man's, prodigal of his own.
A friend should bear a friend's infirmities,
But Brutus makes mine greater than they are.
A friend should bear a friend's infirmities,
But Brutus makes mine greater than they are.
One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
Doe what thou oughtest, and come what come can.
Doe what thou oughtest, and come what come can.
