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Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.
Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.
A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.
A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.
He who is first in time has the prior right.
He who is first in time has the prior right.
Though fame is smoke,
Its fumes are frankincense to human thought.
Though fame is smoke,
Its fumes are frankincense to human thought.
Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
Truth and oyle are ever above.
Truth and oyle are ever above.
Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
You harp perpetually on the same string.
You harp perpetually on the same string.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
