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The more they drink the more they thirst.
The more they drink the more they thirst.
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream read more
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream of ropes,
From his gloomy cell in a vision elopes,
To caper on sunny greens and slopes,
Instead of the dance upon nothing.
Frugality is one thing, avarice another.
Frugality is one thing, avarice another.
Spare your breath to cool your porridge.
Spare your breath to cool your porridge.
With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy read more
With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy ambition finds.
Who friendship with a knave hath made,
Is judg'd a partner in the trade.
Who friendship with a knave hath made,
Is judg'd a partner in the trade.
Neither do men put new wine into old bottles.
Neither do men put new wine into old bottles.
While I am speaking the opportunity is lost.
While I am speaking the opportunity is lost.
