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Wherein is the use of getting rid of one thorn out of many?
Wherein is the use of getting rid of one thorn out of many?
In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not
discretion.
In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not
discretion.
May everything he treads upon become a rose!
May everything he treads upon become a rose!
The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.
The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.
Defer no time; delays have dangerous ends.
Defer no time; delays have dangerous ends.
Whither, O god of wine, art thou hurrying me, whilst under thy
all-powerful influence?
Whither, O god of wine, art thou hurrying me, whilst under thy
all-powerful influence?
Trust not those cunning waters of his eyes,
For villany is not without such rheum.
Trust not those cunning waters of his eyes,
For villany is not without such rheum.
He that gives me small gifts would have me live.
He that gives me small gifts would have me live.
