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Discreet women have neither eyes nor eares.
Discreet women have neither eyes nor eares.
Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.
Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.
He that studies his content, wants it.
He that studies his content, wants it.
Get money, money still!
And then let virtue follow, if she will.
Get money, money still!
And then let virtue follow, if she will.
No endeavour is in vain;
Its reward is in the doing.
No endeavour is in vain;
Its reward is in the doing.
This world is nothing except it tend to another.
This world is nothing except it tend to another.
Wouldst thou, or thou,
Forego what's now,
For all that hope may say?
No--joy's read more
Wouldst thou, or thou,
Forego what's now,
For all that hope may say?
No--joy's reply,
From every eye,
Is, "Live we while we may."
I too am not powerless, and my weapons strike hard.
I too am not powerless, and my weapons strike hard.
