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In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you
embrace another.
In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you
embrace another.
Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]
Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]
Who hastens a glutton choakes him.
Who hastens a glutton choakes him.
Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
With bated breath we offer wicked vows.
With bated breath we offer wicked vows.
Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.
Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
