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Step after step the ladder is ascended.
Step after step the ladder is ascended.
Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.
Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.
Not surpassing in crafty measures, but in the power of arms.
Not surpassing in crafty measures, but in the power of arms.
Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.
Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.
The sad dislike those who are cheerful, and the cheerful dislike
the melancholy.
The sad dislike those who are cheerful, and the cheerful dislike
the melancholy.
After dinner rest awhile, after supper walk a mile.
After dinner rest awhile, after supper walk a mile.
If fooles should not foole it, they shall lose their season.
If fooles should not foole it, they shall lose their season.
Like a young eagle, who has lent his plume
To fledge the shaft by which he meets his doom,
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Like a young eagle, who has lent his plume
To fledge the shaft by which he meets his doom,
See their own feathers pluck'd, to wing the dart,
Which rank corruption destines for their heart!
