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Life like an empty dream flits by.
Life like an empty dream flits by.
As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
The reverse side also has a reverse side.
The reverse side also has a reverse side.
No creature smarts so little as a fool.
No creature smarts so little as a fool.
As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him read more
As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him to think what kind of bird it is,
That sings so delicately clear, and make
Conjecture of the plumage and the form.
The sow that was washed is turned to her wallowing in the mire.
The sow that was washed is turned to her wallowing in the mire.
That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.
That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.
It's an ill councell that hath no escape.
It's an ill councell that hath no escape.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
