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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!
You may suppress natural propensities by force, but they will be
certain to re-appear.
You may suppress natural propensities by force, but they will be
certain to re-appear.
Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
Water a farre off quencheth not fire.
Water a farre off quencheth not fire.
Fast bind, fast find--
A proverb never stale in thrifty mind.
Fast bind, fast find--
A proverb never stale in thrifty mind.
The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
He that will not have peace, God gives him warre.
He that will not have peace, God gives him warre.
