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Where none admire, 'tis useless to excel;
Where none are beaux, 'tis vain to be a belle.
Where none admire, 'tis useless to excel;
Where none are beaux, 'tis vain to be a belle.
It's a wicked thing to make a dearth ones garner.
It's a wicked thing to make a dearth ones garner.
Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do.
Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do.
We make allowance for necessity.
We make allowance for necessity.
From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods.
From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods.
Or wherefore trace, from what slight cause
Its source one tyrant passion draws,
Till mastering all within.
Or wherefore trace, from what slight cause
Its source one tyrant passion draws,
Till mastering all within.
Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.
Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.
To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb.
To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb.
There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
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There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock;
the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man
with a maid.