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If one swain scorns you, you will soon find another.
If one swain scorns you, you will soon find another.
There is safety in numbers. [Lat., Defendit numerus.]
There is safety in numbers. [Lat., Defendit numerus.]
The more they drink the more they thirst.
The more they drink the more they thirst.
Virtue alone is happiness below.
Virtue alone is happiness below.
He subdues their rising passion and soothes their anger by soft
remonstrance.
He subdues their rising passion and soothes their anger by soft
remonstrance.
Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!
Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!
They talk like angels but they live like men.
They talk like angels but they live like men.
Nor has he lived in vain, who from his cradle to his grave has
passed his life in seclusion.
Nor has he lived in vain, who from his cradle to his grave has
passed his life in seclusion.
Idle people have the least leisure.
Idle people have the least leisure.