A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.

A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.

But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
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But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
Casts off its bright skin yearly like a snake.

What is now an act of reason, was but blind impulse.

What is now an act of reason, was but blind impulse.

I too am not powerless, and my weapons strike hard.

I too am not powerless, and my weapons strike hard.

Love and businesse teach eloquence.

Love and businesse teach eloquence.

Joking apart, now let us be serious.

Joking apart, now let us be serious.

An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.

An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.

Small things become the small.

Small things become the small.

That is never too often repeated which is never sufficiently
learnt.

That is never too often repeated which is never sufficiently
learnt.