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If you can't beat them, join them.
If you can't beat them, join them.
Chill penury repressed their noble rage,
And froze the genial current of the soul.
Chill penury repressed their noble rage,
And froze the genial current of the soul.
Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
[Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]
Who could tell such a story with dry eyes?
Who could tell such a story with dry eyes?
The success of the wicked tempts many to sin.
The success of the wicked tempts many to sin.
Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.
Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.
No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to
bee buried there.
No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to
bee buried there.
He that is at ease seekes dainties.
He that is at ease seekes dainties.
Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind.
[Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio.]
Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind.
[Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio.]
