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Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
To his tuned spirit the wild heather-bells
Ring Sabbath knells;
The sod's a cushion for his pious read more
To his tuned spirit the wild heather-bells
Ring Sabbath knells;
The sod's a cushion for his pious want,
And, consecrated by the heaven within it,
The sky-blue pool a font.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
No barber shaves so close but another finds worke.
No barber shaves so close but another finds worke.
When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer,
strike your fill.
When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer,
strike your fill.
The body is sooner drest then the soule.
The body is sooner drest then the soule.
For evil news rides post, while good news baits.
For evil news rides post, while good news baits.
Who hastens a glutton choakes him.
Who hastens a glutton choakes him.
