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Great trees are good for nothing but shade.
Great trees are good for nothing but shade.
Who hastens a glutton choakes him.
Who hastens a glutton choakes him.
A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
Despair of all recovery spoils longevity,
And makes men's miseries of alarming brevity.
Despair of all recovery spoils longevity,
And makes men's miseries of alarming brevity.
The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
I do not sacrifice, but lend myself to business.
I do not sacrifice, but lend myself to business.
The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
Is like a scorpion girt by fire.
The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
Is like a scorpion girt by fire.
The death of wolves is the safety of the sheep.
The death of wolves is the safety of the sheep.
