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The devil hath power
To assume a pleasing shape.
The devil hath power
To assume a pleasing shape.
Knowledge makes one laugh, but wealth makes one dance.
Knowledge makes one laugh, but wealth makes one dance.
Wouldst thou, or thou,
Forego what's now,
For all that hope may say?
No--joy's read more
Wouldst thou, or thou,
Forego what's now,
For all that hope may say?
No--joy's reply,
From every eye,
Is, "Live we while we may."
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]
No day so clear but hath dark clouds.
No day so clear but hath dark clouds.
With emptie hands men may no haukes lure.
With emptie hands men may no haukes lure.
He who sins when drunk will have to atone for it when sober.
He who sins when drunk will have to atone for it when sober.
The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.
The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.
That delay is our surest protection which enables us to
deliberate on the merits of our intentions.
That delay is our surest protection which enables us to
deliberate on the merits of our intentions.
