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Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
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.
That father perished at the stake
For tenets he would not forsake.
That father perished at the stake
For tenets he would not forsake.
Ah, happy years, once more who would not be a boy!
Ah, happy years, once more who would not be a boy!
There is no useful thing which may not be turned to an injurious
purpose.
There is no useful thing which may not be turned to an injurious
purpose.
Nothing is more obnoxious than a low person raised to a high
position.
Nothing is more obnoxious than a low person raised to a high
position.
Who could be happy and alone or good?
Who could be happy and alone or good?
When yet was ever found a mother
Who'd give her booby for another?
When yet was ever found a mother
Who'd give her booby for another?
Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do.
Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do.