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Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
You harp perpetually on the same string.
You harp perpetually on the same string.
You began better than you have finished; the last act is not
equal to the first.
You began better than you have finished; the last act is not
equal to the first.
Manie things are lost for want of asking.
Manie things are lost for want of asking.
The evening praises the day, and the morning a frost.
The evening praises the day, and the morning a frost.
Though fame is smoke,
Its fumes are frankincense to human thought.
Though fame is smoke,
Its fumes are frankincense to human thought.
The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet.
The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet.