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The ire of a despotic king
Rides forth upon destruction's wing.
The ire of a despotic king
Rides forth upon destruction's wing.
Omittance is no quittance.
Omittance is no quittance.
Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain.
Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain.
You cannot make the fire so low but it will get out.
You cannot make the fire so low but it will get out.
He that can make a fire well, can end a quarrell.
He that can make a fire well, can end a quarrell.
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth
the law, happy is he.
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth
the law, happy is he.
The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.
The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he read more
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
