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Avoid delays: procrastination always does harm.
Avoid delays: procrastination always does harm.
How far that little candle throws its beams;
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
How far that little candle throws its beams;
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his
duty to avoid.
No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his
duty to avoid.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
Sometimes the best gaine is to lose.
Sometimes the best gaine is to lose.
He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]
He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.
All things require skill, but an appetite.
All things require skill, but an appetite.
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have read more
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have died away,
And clouds, beneath the glancing ray,
Melt off, and leave the land and sea
Sleeping in bright tranquillity.
