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Let him laugh, who is on the right side of the hedge.
Let him laugh, who is on the right side of the hedge.
Hope is a waking dream.
Hope is a waking dream.
What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
Hier lies that should fetch a perfect woman over the coles.
Hier lies that should fetch a perfect woman over the coles.
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!
He that will be surety, shall pay.
He that will be surety, shall pay.
He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.
He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.