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O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray read more
O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray ye flog them upon all occasions,
It mends their morals--never mind the pain.
Many diseases may be cured by abstinence.
Many diseases may be cured by abstinence.
No thanks attach to a kindness long deferred.
No thanks attach to a kindness long deferred.
He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.
He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.
Hell is paved with good intentions.
Hell is paved with good intentions.
Stay a little, that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay a little, that we may make an end the sooner.
Although it raine, throw not away thy watering pot.
Although it raine, throw not away thy watering pot.
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
