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Get wealth and power, if possible by grace,
If not, by any means, get wealth and place.
Get wealth and power, if possible by grace,
If not, by any means, get wealth and place.
Then fill the bowl--way with gloom!
Our joys shall always last;
For Hope shall brighten days to read more
Then fill the bowl--way with gloom!
Our joys shall always last;
For Hope shall brighten days to come,
And Mem'ry gild the past.
Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy.
Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy.
Little dogs start the Hare, the great get her.
Little dogs start the Hare, the great get her.
To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]
To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]
Good habits result from resisting temptation.
Good habits result from resisting temptation.
Care, mad to see a man sae happy,
E'en drouned himsel amang the nappy.
Care, mad to see a man sae happy,
E'en drouned himsel amang the nappy.
