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The habitual living in prosperity is most injurious.
The habitual living in prosperity is most injurious.
While I am speaking the opportunity is lost.
While I am speaking the opportunity is lost.
The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
[The lion is not so fierce as they paint read more
The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
[The lion is not so fierce as they paint him.]
Bee not a Baker, if your head be of butter.
Bee not a Baker, if your head be of butter.
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.
Whenever you see a fellow-creature in trouble, remember that he
is a man.
Whenever you see a fellow-creature in trouble, remember that he
is a man.
Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle
and the distaffe.
That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle
and the distaffe.
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
