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Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
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Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
Of guiltless joy that guilt can know.
If you are only an underling, don't dress too fine.
If you are only an underling, don't dress too fine.
No barber shaves so close but another finds worke.
No barber shaves so close but another finds worke.
Old soldiers never die;
They fade away!
Old soldiers never die;
They fade away!
It is said that the propriety even of old Cato often yielded to
the exciting influence of the grape.
It is said that the propriety even of old Cato often yielded to
the exciting influence of the grape.
Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.
Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.
You should trust any man in his own art provided he is skilled in
it.
You should trust any man in his own art provided he is skilled in
it.
The Smith and his penny both are black.
The Smith and his penny both are black.
Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.
Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.
