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Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be read more
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be believed,
The other never read.
If you are dreaded by many then beware of many.
If you are dreaded by many then beware of many.
Ready mony is a ready Medicine.
Ready mony is a ready Medicine.
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
Mix with your grave designs a little pleasure;
Each day of business has its hour of leisure.
Mix with your grave designs a little pleasure;
Each day of business has its hour of leisure.
We have to thank God for this retirement.
We have to thank God for this retirement.
In man's most dark extremity
Oft succor dawns from Heaven.
In man's most dark extremity
Oft succor dawns from Heaven.
The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in
horses is to be found the read more
The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in
horses is to be found the excellence of their sire; nor do savage
eagles produce a peaceful dove.
[Lat., Fortes creantur fortibus et bonis;
Est in juvenis, est in equibus patrum
Virtus; nee imbellem feroces
Progenerant aquilae columbam.]
To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.
To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.
