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Fill the cup and fill the can,
Have a rouse before the morn;
Every minute dies a read more
Fill the cup and fill the can,
Have a rouse before the morn;
Every minute dies a man,
Every minute one is born.
Take heed of mad folks in a narrow place.
Take heed of mad folks in a narrow place.
The fish which has once felt the hook, suspects the crooked metal
in every food which offers.
The fish which has once felt the hook, suspects the crooked metal
in every food which offers.
It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge.
It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in read more
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in ours, some neighboring nation,
Taking advantage of our misery,
Hath stuffed the hollow vessels with their power,
To beat us down, the which are down already;
And make a conquest of unhappy,
Whereas no glory 's got to overcome.
He that followes the Lord hopes to goe before.
He that followes the Lord hopes to goe before.
Labour as long liu'd, pray as even dying.
Labour as long liu'd, pray as even dying.
It is easy to be wise after the event.
It is easy to be wise after the event.
Faults are committed within the walls of Troy and also without.
[There is fault on both sides.]
Faults are committed within the walls of Troy and also without.
[There is fault on both sides.]