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Be cheerful, if you are wise.
Be cheerful, if you are wise.
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
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.
Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with
bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage.
Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with
bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage.
Sharp is the kiss of the falcon's beak.
Sharp is the kiss of the falcon's beak.
O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!
O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind
without rain.
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind
without rain.
Gifts enter every where without a wimble.
Gifts enter every where without a wimble.
