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When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often
mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large.
When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often
mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large.
An excess of hoarded wealth is the death of many.
An excess of hoarded wealth is the death of many.
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.
Hee begins to die, that quits his desires.
Hee begins to die, that quits his desires.
Treading softly like a thief,
Lest the harsh shingle should grate underfoot,
And feeling all along the read more
Treading softly like a thief,
Lest the harsh shingle should grate underfoot,
And feeling all along the garden wall.
He that feares death lives not.
He that feares death lives not.
The command of custome is great.
The command of custome is great.
Revenge is sweeter than life itself.
Revenge is sweeter than life itself.
