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He who sins when drunk will have to atone for it when sober.
He who sins when drunk will have to atone for it when sober.
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter,
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He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter,
or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the
snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
Pleasure is often the introduction to pain.
Pleasure is often the introduction to pain.
Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.
Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.
Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.
Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.
'Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.
'Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.
Go West, young man, and grow up with the country.
Go West, young man, and grow up with the country.
The next way home's the farthest way about.
The next way home's the farthest way about.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
