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 What you keep by you, you may change and mend;
 But words once spoke can never be recall'd.  
 What you keep by you, you may change and mend;
 But words once spoke can never be recall'd. 
 Blow, blow, thou winter wind,
 Thou art not so unkind
  As man's ingratitude:
   Thy read more 
 Blow, blow, thou winter wind,
 Thou art not so unkind
  As man's ingratitude:
   Thy tooth is not so keen,
    Because thou art not seen,
     Although thy breath be rude. 
 Each must drain
 His share of pleasure, share of pain.  
 Each must drain
 His share of pleasure, share of pain. 
Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.
Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.
Valour that parlies is neare yeelding.
Valour that parlies is neare yeelding.
 Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
 Can others teach their course to steer,
  Yet run himself read more 
 Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
 Can others teach their course to steer,
  Yet run himself life's mad career
   Wild as the wave? 
Hee that lies with the dogs, riseth with fleas.
Hee that lies with the dogs, riseth with fleas.