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Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools.
Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools.
No wise man has called a change of opinion in constancy.
No wise man has called a change of opinion in constancy.
We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow read more
We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow degrees, by more and more,
The cloudy summits of our time.
They appear but here and there swimming in the vasty deep. [The
portions of some books really worth notice read more
They appear but here and there swimming in the vasty deep. [The
portions of some books really worth notice are few and far
between.]
Pleasure is often the introduction to pain.
Pleasure is often the introduction to pain.
Fresh feres will dry the bright blue eye
We late saw streaming o'er.
Fresh feres will dry the bright blue eye
We late saw streaming o'er.
There is an order
Of mortals on the earth, who do become
Old in their youth, and read more
There is an order
Of mortals on the earth, who do become
Old in their youth, and die ere middle age.
In spending lies the advantage.
In spending lies the advantage.
