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Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whoever is
deceived thereby is not wise.
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whoever is
deceived thereby is not wise.
Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget
it.
Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget
it.
But we are all men
In our own natures frail.
But we are all men
In our own natures frail.
He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his
love of possessing wealth.
He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his
love of possessing wealth.
The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.
The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.
He threatens many that hath injured one.
He threatens many that hath injured one.
Dull not device by coldness and delay.
Dull not device by coldness and delay.
Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.
Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.
When a man sleepes, his head is in his stomach.
When a man sleepes, his head is in his stomach.
