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O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.
Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.
Bring a lawsuit against a man who can pay; the poor man's acts
are not worth the expence.
Bring a lawsuit against a man who can pay; the poor man's acts
are not worth the expence.
Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]
Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]
If any would not work, neither shall he eat.
If any would not work, neither shall he eat.
A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.
A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.
But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
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But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
Casts off its bright skin yearly like a snake.
Being on sea saile, being on land settle.
Being on sea saile, being on land settle.
Idleness induces caprice.
Idleness induces caprice.
