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Drink boys, drink boys,
Drive away your sorrow!
Drink boys, drink boys,
Drive away your sorrow!
To the inexperienced it is a pleasant thing to court the favour
of the great; an experienced man fears read more
To the inexperienced it is a pleasant thing to court the favour
of the great; an experienced man fears it.
That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.
That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.
A new broome sweepeth cleane.
A new broome sweepeth cleane.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
You may suppress natural propensities by force, but they will be
certain to re-appear.
You may suppress natural propensities by force, but they will be
certain to re-appear.
Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.