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You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!
You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!
Fair words butter no parsnips.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
What may be done at any time will be done at no time.
What may be done at any time will be done at no time.
How much a dunce that has been sent to roam
Excels a dunce that has been kept at home.
How much a dunce that has been sent to roam
Excels a dunce that has been kept at home.
How far that little candle throws its beams;
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
How far that little candle throws its beams;
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts.
[Fr., La parole a ete donnce a l'homme pour deguiser read more
Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts.
[Fr., La parole a ete donnce a l'homme pour deguiser sa pensee.]
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
And last, the crown of a' my grief.
And last, the crown of a' my grief.
Am I always to be a mere listener? Shall I never reply?
Am I always to be a mere listener? Shall I never reply?
