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When you enter into a house, leave the anger ever at the doore.
When you enter into a house, leave the anger ever at the doore.
So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.
So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
By suppers more have beene killed then Gallen ever cured.
By suppers more have beene killed then Gallen ever cured.
There's nothing makes me so much grieve,
As that abominable tittle-tattle,
Which is the cud eschew'd by read more
There's nothing makes me so much grieve,
As that abominable tittle-tattle,
Which is the cud eschew'd by human cattle.
Sceptre and crown must tumble down
And in the dust be equal made
With the poor crooked read more
Sceptre and crown must tumble down
And in the dust be equal made
With the poor crooked scythe and spade.
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
Catch the opportunity while it lasts, and rely not on what the
morrow may bring.
Catch the opportunity while it lasts, and rely not on what the
morrow may bring.
Here, or nowhere, is the thing we seek.
Here, or nowhere, is the thing we seek.