What! upon compulsion? No!

What! upon compulsion? No!

When men grow virtuous in their old age they are merely making a
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When men grow virtuous in their old age they are merely making a
sacrifice to God of the devil's leavings.

It is difficult to whistle and drink at the same time.

It is difficult to whistle and drink at the same time.

I too am not powerless, and my weapons strike hard.

I too am not powerless, and my weapons strike hard.

The anger of those in authority is always weighty.

The anger of those in authority is always weighty.

It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.

It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.

Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
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Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
But where unbruised youth with unstuffed brain
Doth couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign.

A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too
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A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too
bus to take care of his tools.

But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall,
Dropped off gorged from a read more

But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall,
Dropped off gorged from a scheme which left us flaccid and
drained.