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Tears ready to do duty at a minute's notice.
Tears ready to do duty at a minute's notice.
Be what thou wouldst seeme to be.
Be what thou wouldst seeme to be.
Take heede of the viniger of sweet wine.
Take heede of the viniger of sweet wine.
Riches with their wicked inducements increase; nevertheless,
avarice is never satisfied.
Riches with their wicked inducements increase; nevertheless,
avarice is never satisfied.
Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind.
[Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio.]
Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind.
[Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio.]
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
The human mind ever longs for occupation.
The human mind ever longs for occupation.
One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
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One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
To murder thousands takes a specious name,
War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame.
