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Man naturally yearns for novelty.
Man naturally yearns for novelty.
By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
Great cowardice is hidden by a bluster of daring.
Great cowardice is hidden by a bluster of daring.
God's in His Heaven--
All's right with the world!
God's in His Heaven--
All's right with the world!
He that dies without the company of good men puts not himselfe
into a good way.
He that dies without the company of good men puts not himselfe
into a good way.
'Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.
'Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may read more
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.
Pleasures are enhanced by a moderate indulgence.
Pleasures are enhanced by a moderate indulgence.
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some read more
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some dang'rous taint they bear;
So roses grow on thorns, and honey wears a sting.
