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Punishment is lame, but it comes.
Punishment is lame, but it comes.
A wise man needes not blush for changing his purpose.
A wise man needes not blush for changing his purpose.
The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that
which is done is that which read more
The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that
which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new
thing under the sun.
The generous heart
Should scorn a pleasure which gives others pain.
The generous heart
Should scorn a pleasure which gives others pain.
Their hearts sweat with undivulged guilt.
Their hearts sweat with undivulged guilt.
We plough the sand on the sea shore.
We plough the sand on the sea shore.
He that riseth first, is first drest.
He that riseth first, is first drest.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
She only said, My life is dreary,
He cometh not, she said;
She said I am aweary, read more
She only said, My life is dreary,
He cometh not, she said;
She said I am aweary, aweary,
Oh God, that I were dead.
