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No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to
bee buried there.
No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to
bee buried there.
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
Consider the end.
Consider the end.
Happy, twice happy, you who dwell in the country, if you only
knew the pleasures which surround you!
Happy, twice happy, you who dwell in the country, if you only
knew the pleasures which surround you!
Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward
To what they were before.
Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward
To what they were before.
Whatever you advise, be as brief as possible.
Whatever you advise, be as brief as possible.
It's not good fishing before the net.
It's not good fishing before the net.
Fly the pleasure that bites to morrow.
Fly the pleasure that bites to morrow.
Be cautious as to what you say of men, and to whom you speak it.
Be cautious as to what you say of men, and to whom you speak it.
