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Speech is silvern, silence is golden.
Speech is silvern, silence is golden.
Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long and wise experience.
Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long and wise experience.
What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it?
What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it?
Dreading that climax of all earthly ills,
The inflammation of his weekly bills.
Dreading that climax of all earthly ills,
The inflammation of his weekly bills.
Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad read more
Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad truth, which hovers o'er my desk,
Turns what was once romantic to burlesque.
Stolen kisses are always sweeter.
Stolen kisses are always sweeter.
He who sounds his own trumpet will soon find plenty to laugh at
him.
He who sounds his own trumpet will soon find plenty to laugh at
him.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
On with the dance, let joy be unconfined.
On with the dance, let joy be unconfined.
