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Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.]
Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.]
If gaming does an aged sire entice,
Then my young master swiftly learns the vice.
If gaming does an aged sire entice,
Then my young master swiftly learns the vice.
Great businesses turne on a little pinne.
Great businesses turne on a little pinne.
In hard times, no less than in prosperity, preserve equanimity.
In hard times, no less than in prosperity, preserve equanimity.
Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on
what is obscure.
Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on
what is obscure.
Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.
Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.
Often do the spirits
Of great events stride on before the events,
And in to-day already walks read more
Often do the spirits
Of great events stride on before the events,
And in to-day already walks to-morrow.
Make all fair allowance for the mistakes of youth.
Make all fair allowance for the mistakes of youth.