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You cannot know wine by the barrell.
[You cannot know the wine by the barrel.]
You cannot know wine by the barrell.
[You cannot know the wine by the barrel.]
Sit in your place and none can make you rise.
Sit in your place and none can make you rise.
They condemn that which they cannot comprehend.
They condemn that which they cannot comprehend.
So still we glide down to the sea
Of fathomless eternity.
So still we glide down to the sea
Of fathomless eternity.
Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.
Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.
A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
It is good to be taught even by an enemy.
It is good to be taught even by an enemy.
The sweat of industry would dry and die,
But for the end it works to.
The sweat of industry would dry and die,
But for the end it works to.
