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Beware the fury of a patient man.
Beware the fury of a patient man.
All keyes hang not on one girdle.
All keyes hang not on one girdle.
Something must be allowed to custom.
Something must be allowed to custom.
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
Sweep on, you fat and greasy citizens;
'Tis just the fashion. Wherefore do you look
Upon that read more
Sweep on, you fat and greasy citizens;
'Tis just the fashion. Wherefore do you look
Upon that poor and broken bankrupt there?
The habitual living in prosperity is most injurious.
The habitual living in prosperity is most injurious.
So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.
So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
What your glasse telles you, will not be told by Councell.
What your glasse telles you, will not be told by Councell.