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Wine is a turne-coate (first a friend, then an enemy).
Wine is a turne-coate (first a friend, then an enemy).
Fresh feres will dry the bright blue eye
We late saw streaming o'er.
Fresh feres will dry the bright blue eye
We late saw streaming o'er.
If you cannot conduct yourself with propriety, give place to
those who can.
If you cannot conduct yourself with propriety, give place to
those who can.
Amongst good men two men suffice.
Amongst good men two men suffice.
The higher our position the more modestly should we behave.
The higher our position the more modestly should we behave.
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
An Idle youth, a needy Age.
An Idle youth, a needy Age.
The best smell is bread, the best savour, salt, the best love
that of children.
The best smell is bread, the best savour, salt, the best love
that of children.