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He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
Catch, then, O catch the transient hour;
Improve each moment as it flies!
Catch, then, O catch the transient hour;
Improve each moment as it flies!
They that know one another salute a farre off.
They that know one another salute a farre off.
Ty it well, and let it goe.
Ty it well, and let it goe.
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
To have acquired wealth is with many not to end but to change the
nature of their troubles.
To have acquired wealth is with many not to end but to change the
nature of their troubles.
At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
All Nature's read more
At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
All Nature's children feel the matin spring
Of life reviving, with reviving day.
One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.
One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.
