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In every age and clime we see,
Two of a trade can ne'er agree.
In every age and clime we see,
Two of a trade can ne'er agree.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
Trust not him that hath once broken faith.
Trust not him that hath once broken faith.
If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.
If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.
Look you! I myself am nearest to myself.
Look you! I myself am nearest to myself.
Vertue flies from the heart of a Mercenary man.
Vertue flies from the heart of a Mercenary man.
No day is wholly unproductive of good.
No day is wholly unproductive of good.
Time is the Rider that breakes youth.
Time is the Rider that breakes youth.
The death of wolves is the safety of the sheep.
The death of wolves is the safety of the sheep.
