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Who likes not the drinke, God deprives him of bread.
Who likes not the drinke, God deprives him of bread.
The thread breakes, where it is weakest.
The thread breakes, where it is weakest.
What king so strong,
Can tie the gall up in a slanderer's tongue?
What king so strong,
Can tie the gall up in a slanderer's tongue?
We take no note of time
But from its loss.
We take no note of time
But from its loss.
An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.
An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.
Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
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Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
Our own experience preaches.
All things in their beeing are good for something.
All things in their beeing are good for something.
Such pains they take to look pretty.
Such pains they take to look pretty.
Good habits result from resisting temptation.
Good habits result from resisting temptation.