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But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Desiring things widely different for their various tastes.
Desiring things widely different for their various tastes.
Thus one thing requires assistance from another, and joins in
friendly help.
Thus one thing requires assistance from another, and joins in
friendly help.
The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.
Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
'Tis easier to build two chimneys, then to maintaine one.
'Tis easier to build two chimneys, then to maintaine one.
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
