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Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.
Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.
The fire, with well-dried logs supplied,
Went roaring up the chimney wide.
The fire, with well-dried logs supplied,
Went roaring up the chimney wide.
Springes to catch woodcocks.
Springes to catch woodcocks.
He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
So still we glide down to the sea
Of fathomless eternity.
So still we glide down to the sea
Of fathomless eternity.
