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It's a proud horse that will not carry his owne provender.
It's a proud horse that will not carry his owne provender.
Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.
Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong
to him.
He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong
to him.
'Tis all in vain to keep a constant pother
About one vice and fall into another.
'Tis all in vain to keep a constant pother
About one vice and fall into another.
Your knowing a thing is nothing, unless another knows you know
it.
Your knowing a thing is nothing, unless another knows you know
it.
I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!
I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!
Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
