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Fill the cup and fill the can,
Have a rouse before the morn;
Every minute dies a read more
Fill the cup and fill the can,
Have a rouse before the morn;
Every minute dies a man,
Every minute one is born.
How many cowards whose hearts are all as false
As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins
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How many cowards whose hearts are all as false
As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins
The beards of Hercules and frowning Mars,
Who inward searched, have livers white as milk!
He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
There is a medium in all things. There are certain limits
beyond, or within which, that which is right read more
There is a medium in all things. There are certain limits
beyond, or within which, that which is right cannot exist.
Who could tell such a story with dry eyes?
Who could tell such a story with dry eyes?
In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.
In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.
I will be correspondent to command.
I will be correspondent to command.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
