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Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.
Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.
Condemn the fault, but not the actor of it.
Condemn the fault, but not the actor of it.
The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.
The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.
Bear and forbear.
Bear and forbear.
I'll tell the names and sayings and the places of their birth,
Of the seven great ancient sages so read more
I'll tell the names and sayings and the places of their birth,
Of the seven great ancient sages so renowned on Grecian earth,
The Lindian Cleobulus said, "The mean was still the best";
The Spartan Chilo said, "Know thyself," a heaven-born phrase
confessed.
Corinthian Periander taught "Our anger to command,"
"Too much of nothing," Pittacus, from Mitylene's strand;
Athenian Solon this advised, "Look to the end of life,"
And Bias from Priene showed, "Bad men are the most rife";
Milesian Thales uregd that "None should e'er a surety be";
Few were there words, but if you look, you'll much in little see.
Gentility is nothing but Ancient Riches.
Gentility is nothing but Ancient Riches.
The absent partie is still faultie.
The absent partie is still faultie.
Ever since we weare cloathes, we know not one another.
Ever since we weare cloathes, we know not one another.
