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I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]
I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]
There were no ill language, if it were not ill taken.
There were no ill language, if it were not ill taken.
The plant often removed cannot thrive.
The plant often removed cannot thrive.
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
Wine ever paies for his loding.
Wine ever paies for his loding.
A long tongue is a signe of a short hand.
[A long tongue is a sign of a short read more
A long tongue is a signe of a short hand.
[A long tongue is a sign of a short hand.]
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles read more
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles to-day,
To-morrow may be dying.
It is sheer folly when all is gone to lose even one's passage
money.
It is sheer folly when all is gone to lose even one's passage
money.
