Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
[Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]

Never without a shilling in my purse.

Never without a shilling in my purse.

Go West, young man, and grow up with the country.

Go West, young man, and grow up with the country.

I'll have a fling.

I'll have a fling.

Enjoy thankfully any happy hour heaven may send you, nor think
that your delights will keep till another year.

Enjoy thankfully any happy hour heaven may send you, nor think
that your delights will keep till another year.

That which we are not permitted to have we delight in; that which
we can have is disregarded.

That which we are not permitted to have we delight in; that which
we can have is disregarded.

Hundreds of men were turned into beasts,
Like the guests at Circe's horrible feasts,
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Hundreds of men were turned into beasts,
Like the guests at Circe's horrible feasts,
By the magic of ale and cider.

He cannot be vertuous that is not rigorous.

He cannot be vertuous that is not rigorous.

Great things rush to the destruction of each other.

Great things rush to the destruction of each other.