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A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.
Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.
The market is the best garden.
The market is the best garden.
With taper-light
To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish.
With taper-light
To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish.
As fierce as hell, or fiercer still,
A woman piqued who has her will.
As fierce as hell, or fiercer still,
A woman piqued who has her will.
When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest.
When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest.
With deep affection
And recollection
I often think of
Those Shandon bells,
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With deep affection
And recollection
I often think of
Those Shandon bells,
Whose sounds so wild would,
In the days of childhood,
Fling round my cradle
Their magic spells.
Bee not idle and you shall not bee longing.
Bee not idle and you shall not bee longing.