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Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.
Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.
None knowes the weight of anothers burthen.
None knowes the weight of anothers burthen.
Seeming genial, venial fault.
Seeming genial, venial fault.
Then join in hand, brave Americans all!
By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall.
Then join in hand, brave Americans all!
By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall.
Hee that demands misseth not, unlesse his demands be foolish.
Hee that demands misseth not, unlesse his demands be foolish.
He that talkes much of his happinesse summons griefe.
He that talkes much of his happinesse summons griefe.
It is easy to be wise after the event.
It is easy to be wise after the event.
Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done,
Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won.
Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done,
Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won.
He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the
quick. [To succeed he will read more
He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the
quick. [To succeed he will have to puzzle his brains and work
hard.]