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If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be
insulted.
If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be
insulted.
When God is made the master of a family, he disorders the
disorderly.
When God is made the master of a family, he disorders the
disorderly.
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some read more
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some dang'rous taint they bear;
So roses grow on thorns, and honey wears a sting.
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.
Great trees are good for nothing but shade.
Great trees are good for nothing but shade.
Every day in thy life is a leaf in thy history.
Every day in thy life is a leaf in thy history.
The world itself is too small for the covetous.
The world itself is too small for the covetous.
The ill that comes out of our mouth falles into our bosome.
The ill that comes out of our mouth falles into our bosome.
