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Admonish your friends in private; praise them in public.
Admonish your friends in private; praise them in public.
Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.
Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream read more
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream of ropes,
From his gloomy cell in a vision elopes,
To caper on sunny greens and slopes,
Instead of the dance upon nothing.
Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
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Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day.
Desiring things widely different for their various tastes.
Desiring things widely different for their various tastes.
From his silence a man's consent is inferred.
From his silence a man's consent is inferred.
Praise day at night, and life at the end.
Praise day at night, and life at the end.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
To review ones store is to mow twice.
To review ones store is to mow twice.
