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Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
He must of necessity fear many whom many fear.
He must of necessity fear many whom many fear.
They will swear black is white.
They will swear black is white.
Her very silence, and her patience,
Speak to the people, and they pity her.
Her very silence, and her patience,
Speak to the people, and they pity her.
Bad beginnings, bad endings.
Bad beginnings, bad endings.
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some read more
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some dang'rous taint they bear;
So roses grow on thorns, and honey wears a sting.
If gaming does an aged sire entice,
Then my young master swiftly learns the vice.
If gaming does an aged sire entice,
Then my young master swiftly learns the vice.
No lock will hold against the power of gold.
No lock will hold against the power of gold.
The child is father of the man.
The child is father of the man.
