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Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit
us when our wealth is gone.
Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit
us when our wealth is gone.
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of
self-control.
The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of
self-control.
Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.
Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
Men who ape the saint and play the sinner.
Men who ape the saint and play the sinner.
Neither shall the wave, which has passed on, ever be recalled;
nor can the hour, which has once fled read more
Neither shall the wave, which has passed on, ever be recalled;
nor can the hour, which has once fled by, return again.
