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The next way home's the farthest way about.
The next way home's the farthest way about.
Let him laugh, who is on the right side of the hedge.
Let him laugh, who is on the right side of the hedge.
In a long journey straw waighs.
In a long journey straw waighs.
Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.
Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.
 At night, to his own sharp fancies a prey,
 He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way,
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 At night, to his own sharp fancies a prey,
 He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way,
  Tormenting himself with his prickles. 
 He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had 
cast himself from a precipice.  
 He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had 
cast himself from a precipice. 
He that contemplates hath a day without night.
He that contemplates hath a day without night.
Successful villany is called virtue.
Successful villany is called virtue.
The Wolfe knowes, what the ill beast thinkes.
The Wolfe knowes, what the ill beast thinkes.