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In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.
In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.
Many diseases may be cured by abstinence.
Many diseases may be cured by abstinence.
In avoiding one vice fools rush into the opposite extreme.
In avoiding one vice fools rush into the opposite extreme.
To live with them is far less sweet,
Than to remember thee!
To live with them is far less sweet,
Than to remember thee!
He that hath no ill fortune is troubled with good.
He that hath no ill fortune is troubled with good.
What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
A life of honour and of worth
Has no eternity on earth,--
'Tis but a name.
A life of honour and of worth
Has no eternity on earth,--
'Tis but a name.
O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray read more
O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray ye flog them upon all occasions,
It mends their morals--never mind the pain.
However exalted our position, we should still not despise the
powers of the humble.
However exalted our position, we should still not despise the
powers of the humble.
