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One hand washeth another, and both the face.
One hand washeth another, and both the face.
Stay a little, that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay a little, that we may make an end the sooner.
We start from the Mother's Arms and we run to the Dustshovel.
We start from the Mother's Arms and we run to the Dustshovel.
Pleasure bought with pain does harm.
Pleasure bought with pain does harm.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
He who meditates a crime secretly within himself has all the
guilt of the act.
He who meditates a crime secretly within himself has all the
guilt of the act.
A life of honour and of worth
Has no eternity on earth,--
'Tis but a name.
A life of honour and of worth
Has no eternity on earth,--
'Tis but a name.
You must endure what is painful to secure that which is
profitable.
You must endure what is painful to secure that which is
profitable.
'Tis meet
That noble minds keep ever with their likes:
For who so firm that cannot be read more
'Tis meet
That noble minds keep ever with their likes:
For who so firm that cannot be seduced?