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Virtue alone is happiness below.
Virtue alone is happiness below.
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
Every sin brings its punishment with it.
Every sin brings its punishment with it.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
O churl! drink all; and leave no friendly drop!
O churl! drink all; and leave no friendly drop!
Like a young eagle, who has lent his plume
To fledge the shaft by which he meets his doom,
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Like a young eagle, who has lent his plume
To fledge the shaft by which he meets his doom,
See their own feathers pluck'd, to wing the dart,
Which rank corruption destines for their heart!
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.
I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.]
I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.]
