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Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.
Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.
Let all live as they would die.
Let all live as they would die.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy read more
Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy took its wing;
I sat, but neither heard nor saw.
A full belly neither fights nor flies well.
A full belly neither fights nor flies well.
Take heede of the viniger of sweet wine.
Take heede of the viniger of sweet wine.
Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed read more
Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed for, return at once,
and seek again that which he despised.
The more women looke in their glasse, the lesse they looke to
their house.
The more women looke in their glasse, the lesse they looke to
their house.