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Hence ye profane; I hate ye all;
Both the great vulgar, and the small.
Hence ye profane; I hate ye all;
Both the great vulgar, and the small.
Pleasure bought with pain does harm.
Pleasure bought with pain does harm.
Hold their nose to the grindstone.
Hold their nose to the grindstone.
But scandal's my aversion--I protest
Against all evil speaking, even in jest.
But scandal's my aversion--I protest
Against all evil speaking, even in jest.
Led on by impulse, and blind and ungovernable desires.
Led on by impulse, and blind and ungovernable desires.
There are more men threatned then stricken.
There are more men threatned then stricken.
Often a silent face has voice and words.
[Lat., Saepe tacens vocem verbaque vultus habet.]
Often a silent face has voice and words.
[Lat., Saepe tacens vocem verbaque vultus habet.]
The sense of death is most in apprehension.
The sense of death is most in apprehension.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.