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Ah, happy years, once more who would not be a boy!
Ah, happy years, once more who would not be a boy!
Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better
able to bear your own.
Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better
able to bear your own.
So use your own property as not to injure that of another.
So use your own property as not to injure that of another.
You should trust any man in his own art provided he is skilled in
it.
You should trust any man in his own art provided he is skilled in
it.
If gaming does an aged sire entice,
Then my young master swiftly learns the vice.
If gaming does an aged sire entice,
Then my young master swiftly learns the vice.
Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule.
Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule.
A simple maiden in her flower
Is worth a hundred coats of arms.
A simple maiden in her flower
Is worth a hundred coats of arms.
No choice amongst stinking fish.
No choice amongst stinking fish.
