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Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.
Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.
A life of honour and of worth
Has no eternity on earth,--
'Tis but a name.
A life of honour and of worth
Has no eternity on earth,--
'Tis but a name.
Who paies the Physitian, does the cure.
Who paies the Physitian, does the cure.
The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.
The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.
You must endure, and not cry out against that which cannot be
avoided.
You must endure, and not cry out against that which cannot be
avoided.
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit
drieth the bones.
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit
drieth the bones.
Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]
Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]
Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.
Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.
