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A novice always behaves with propriety.
A novice always behaves with propriety.
They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to
lawyers.]
They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to
lawyers.]
If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
So many men in Court and so many strangers.
So many men in Court and so many strangers.
I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]
I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]
Round, round, while thus we go round,
The best thing a man can do,
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Round, round, while thus we go round,
The best thing a man can do,
Is to make it at least, a merry-go-round,
By--sending the wine round too.
Nor has he lived in vain, who from his cradle to his grave has
passed his life in seclusion.
Nor has he lived in vain, who from his cradle to his grave has
passed his life in seclusion.
Revenge and wrong bring forth their kind;
The foul cubs like their parents are.
Revenge and wrong bring forth their kind;
The foul cubs like their parents are.
There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
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There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.