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The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new.
He that once hitts, is ever bending.
He that once hitts, is ever bending.
Think nought a trifle, though it small appear;
Small sands the mountain, moments make the year,
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Think nought a trifle, though it small appear;
Small sands the mountain, moments make the year,
And trifles life.
Fear not the future, weep not for the past.
Fear not the future, weep not for the past.
Every man's friend is no man's friend.
Every man's friend is no man's friend.
They that know one another salute a farre off.
They that know one another salute a farre off.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!
I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!