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Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
Day treads upon the heels of day, and the new moons hasten to
their waning.
Day treads upon the heels of day, and the new moons hasten to
their waning.
To have acquired wealth is with many not to end but to change the
nature of their troubles.
To have acquired wealth is with many not to end but to change the
nature of their troubles.
Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?
Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?
Woe to the house where there is no chiding.
Woe to the house where there is no chiding.
The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.
The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.
As dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to this folly.
As dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to this folly.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
Let to-morrow take care of to-morrow,
Leave things of the future to fate;
What's the use to read more
Let to-morrow take care of to-morrow,
Leave things of the future to fate;
What's the use to anticipate sorrow?
Life's troubles come never too late.
