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Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!
Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!
Prayers and provender hinder no journey.
Prayers and provender hinder no journey.
It is success that colours all in life,
Success makes fools admir'd, makes villains honest.
It is success that colours all in life,
Success makes fools admir'd, makes villains honest.
Thou hast death in thy house, and dost bewaile anothers.
Thou hast death in thy house, and dost bewaile anothers.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
The cause ceasing, the effect ceases also.
The cause ceasing, the effect ceases also.
The higher the Ape goes, the more he shewes his taile.
The higher the Ape goes, the more he shewes his taile.
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.
Catch the opportunity while it lasts, and rely not on what the
morrow may bring.
Catch the opportunity while it lasts, and rely not on what the
morrow may bring.
