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The Good are better made by Ill,
As odours crushed are sweeter still.
The Good are better made by Ill,
As odours crushed are sweeter still.
It is prudent to learn what to avoid from the misfortunes of
others.
It is prudent to learn what to avoid from the misfortunes of
others.
The soft speeches of the wicked are full of deceit.
The soft speeches of the wicked are full of deceit.
The greatest step is that out of doores.
[The greatest step is that out of doors.]
The greatest step is that out of doores.
[The greatest step is that out of doors.]
Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
Step after step the ladder is ascended.
Step after step the ladder is ascended.
Mystery magnifies danger, as the fog does the sun.
Mystery magnifies danger, as the fog does the sun.
A friend should bear a friend's infirmities.
A friend should bear a friend's infirmities.
The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end,
But who can with fate and quart bumpers contend?
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The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end,
But who can with fate and quart bumpers contend?
Though Fate said, a hero should perish ill light;
So up rose bright Phoebus, and down fell the knight.
