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The fish which has once felt the hook, suspects the crooked metal
in every food which offers.
The fish which has once felt the hook, suspects the crooked metal
in every food which offers.
There are faults we would fain pardon.
There are faults we would fain pardon.
Better fed than taught.
Better fed than taught.
He who has in due season become rich, unless he saves in due
season, will in due season starve.
He who has in due season become rich, unless he saves in due
season, will in due season starve.
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king read more
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king so strong
Can tie the gall up in the slanderous tongue?
Weight justly and sell dearely.
Weight justly and sell dearely.
Helpe thy selfe, and God will helpe thee.
Helpe thy selfe, and God will helpe thee.
Oh, sweet youth, how soon it fades!
Sweet joys of youth, how fleeting!
Oh, sweet youth, how soon it fades!
Sweet joys of youth, how fleeting!
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.
