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Great king,
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
Great king,
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
The slothful is the servant of the counters.
The slothful is the servant of the counters.
Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.
Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.
A creature not too bright nor good
For human nature's daily food.
A creature not too bright nor good
For human nature's daily food.
Neither eyes on letters, nor hands in coffers.
Neither eyes on letters, nor hands in coffers.
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, read more
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, exclaims, "Thou wast my
only one!"
Every fat (vat) must stand upon its bottom.
Every fat (vat) must stand upon its bottom.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new.
The bowl dispels corroding cares.
The bowl dispels corroding cares.
