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Work while your strength and years permit you; crooked age will
by-and-by come upon you with silent foot.
Work while your strength and years permit you; crooked age will
by-and-by come upon you with silent foot.
The property of others is always more inviting than our own; and
that which we ourselves possess is most read more
The property of others is always more inviting than our own; and
that which we ourselves possess is most pleasing to others.
Revenge is sweeter than life itself.
Revenge is sweeter than life itself.
In every Art it is good to have a master.
In every Art it is good to have a master.
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.
The next way home's the farthest way about.
The next way home's the farthest way about.
In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?
In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
There is some soul of goodness in things evil,
Would men observingly distill it out;
For our read more
There is some soul of goodness in things evil,
Would men observingly distill it out;
For our bad neighbor makes us early stirrers,
Which is both healthful, and good husbandry.