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Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.
He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.
Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.
Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.
To gain a livelihood at the expense of all that makes life worth
the having.
To gain a livelihood at the expense of all that makes life worth
the having.
Forgetful of thy tomb thou buildest houses.
Forgetful of thy tomb thou buildest houses.
She can change her
Mind like the wind: whatever she has said
Or done, is light to read more
She can change her
Mind like the wind: whatever she has said
Or done, is light to what she'll say or do.
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot.
[To take the nuts from the fire with read more
To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot.
[To take the nuts from the fire with the dog's foot.]
