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Folly growes without watering.
Folly growes without watering.
The ire of a despotic king
Rides forth upon destruction's wing.
The ire of a despotic king
Rides forth upon destruction's wing.
Catch, then, O catch the transient hour;
Improve each moment as it flies!
Catch, then, O catch the transient hour;
Improve each moment as it flies!
A mind conscious of its own rectitude.
[Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]
A mind conscious of its own rectitude.
[Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]
He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.
He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.
It is the bright day that brings forth the adder.
It is the bright day that brings forth the adder.
What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted.
What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted.
No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
All feete tread not in one shoe.
All feete tread not in one shoe.
