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Those, who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.
Those, who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
None saies his Garner is full.
None saies his Garner is full.
The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror.
The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror.
At Court, every one for himselfe.
At Court, every one for himselfe.
Nature never says one thing, and science another.
Nature never says one thing, and science another.
Where none admire, 'tis useless to excel;
Where none are beaux, 'tis vain to be a belle.
Where none admire, 'tis useless to excel;
Where none are beaux, 'tis vain to be a belle.
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, read more
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, exclaims, "Thou wast my
only one!"
Now o'er his tomb and happy ashes will not violets spring?
Now o'er his tomb and happy ashes will not violets spring?
