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Avoid delays: procrastination always does harm.
Avoid delays: procrastination always does harm.
All keyes hang not on one girdle.
All keyes hang not on one girdle.
He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.
He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.
Behold of what delusive worth
The bubbles we pursue on earth,
The shapes we chase.
Behold of what delusive worth
The bubbles we pursue on earth,
The shapes we chase.
Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.
Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.
The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.
The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.
Ah! when the means are gone that buy this praise,
The breath is gone whereof this praise is made.
Ah! when the means are gone that buy this praise,
The breath is gone whereof this praise is made.
The man that heweth over high,
Some chip falleth in his eye.
The man that heweth over high,
Some chip falleth in his eye.
The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in
horses is to be found the read more
The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in
horses is to be found the excellence of their sire; nor do savage
eagles produce a peaceful dove.
[Lat., Fortes creantur fortibus et bonis;
Est in juvenis, est in equibus patrum
Virtus; nee imbellem feroces
Progenerant aquilae columbam.]
