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He is a fool who thinks by force or skill,
To turn the current of a woman's will.
He is a fool who thinks by force or skill,
To turn the current of a woman's will.
The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror.
The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror.
Dally not with mony or women.
Dally not with mony or women.
Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.
Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.
Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.
Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.
Do not expect good from another's death.
Do not expect good from another's death.
The tongue is the worst part of a bad servant.
The tongue is the worst part of a bad servant.
The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen, and better known,
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The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen, and better known,
Are but gigantic flights of stairs.
What will their masters not accomplish when low fellows are so
presumptuous?
What will their masters not accomplish when low fellows are so
presumptuous?
