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It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a
sad thing to read more
It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a
sad thing to be grieved when grief can do no good.
When a dog is a drowning, everyone offers him drink.
When a dog is a drowning, everyone offers him drink.
First come, first served.
First come, first served.
An examin'd enterprize goes on boldly.
An examin'd enterprize goes on boldly.
Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.
Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.
But we are all men
In our own natures frail.
But we are all men
In our own natures frail.
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some read more
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some dang'rous taint they bear;
So roses grow on thorns, and honey wears a sting.
Heresie may be easier kept out, then shooke off.
Heresie may be easier kept out, then shooke off.
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall
take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient read more
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall
take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day
is the evil thereof.