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Despair of all recovery spoils longevity,
And makes men's miseries of alarming brevity.
Despair of all recovery spoils longevity,
And makes men's miseries of alarming brevity.
The plant often removed cannot thrive.
The plant often removed cannot thrive.
Where McGregor sits, there is the head of the table.
Where McGregor sits, there is the head of the table.
There is a certain kind of pleasure in weeping.
There is a certain kind of pleasure in weeping.
The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.
The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.
He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in
seeking succour meets with ruin.
He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in
seeking succour meets with ruin.
The mind does not easily unlearn what it has been long in
learning.
The mind does not easily unlearn what it has been long in
learning.
Dreading that climax of all earthly ills,
The inflammation of his weekly bills.
Dreading that climax of all earthly ills,
The inflammation of his weekly bills.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
