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Words pay no debts.
Words pay no debts.
Sweet is the recollection of difficulties overcome.
Sweet is the recollection of difficulties overcome.
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles read more
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles to-day,
To-morrow may be dying.
You must endure what is painful to secure that which is
profitable.
You must endure what is painful to secure that which is
profitable.
Foul-spoken coward, that thunder'st with thy tongue,
And with thy weapon nothing dar'st perform.
Foul-spoken coward, that thunder'st with thy tongue,
And with thy weapon nothing dar'st perform.
If folly were griefe every house would weepe.
If folly were griefe every house would weepe.
He that looseth is Marchant as well as he that gaines.
He that looseth is Marchant as well as he that gaines.
That which never has been, never is, and never will be.
That which never has been, never is, and never will be.
