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Small habits, well pursued betimes,
May reach the dignity of crimes.
Small habits, well pursued betimes,
May reach the dignity of crimes.
Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt,
Since riches point to misery and contempt?
Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt,
Since riches point to misery and contempt?
Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.
Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.
Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
Let no man seek
Henceforth to be foretold that shall befall
Him or his children.
Let no man seek
Henceforth to be foretold that shall befall
Him or his children.
It's a wicked thing to make a dearth ones garner.
It's a wicked thing to make a dearth ones garner.
A live dog is better than a dead lion.
A live dog is better than a dead lion.