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The thread breakes, where it is weakest.
The thread breakes, where it is weakest.
The mob may hiss me, but I congratulate myself while I
contemplate my treasures in their hoard.
The mob may hiss me, but I congratulate myself while I
contemplate my treasures in their hoard.
Life's cares are comforts; such by heaven design'd
He that has none, must make them or be wretched.
Life's cares are comforts; such by heaven design'd
He that has none, must make them or be wretched.
With what knot shall I bind this Proteus, who is ever shifting
his ground?
With what knot shall I bind this Proteus, who is ever shifting
his ground?
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.
Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.
Novelty in all things is charming.
Novelty in all things is charming.
But what avail'd this temperance, not complete
Against another object more enticing?
But what avail'd this temperance, not complete
Against another object more enticing?
