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Ah! when the means are gone that buy this praise,
The breath is gone whereof this praise is made.
Ah! when the means are gone that buy this praise,
The breath is gone whereof this praise is made.
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
[Lat., Nihil aliud est ebrietas quam voluntaria insania.]
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
[Lat., Nihil aliud est ebrietas quam voluntaria insania.]
The conviction of having committed a fault is its first and
greatest punishment.
The conviction of having committed a fault is its first and
greatest punishment.
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Men of different tastes have different pursuits.
Men of different tastes have different pursuits.
For a morning raine leave not your journey.
For a morning raine leave not your journey.
Some falls the means are happier to rise.
Some falls the means are happier to rise.
In doing nothing men learn to do evil.
In doing nothing men learn to do evil.
