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Mix with your grave designs a little pleasure;
Each day of business has its hour of leisure.
Mix with your grave designs a little pleasure;
Each day of business has its hour of leisure.
Pleasure is often the introduction to pain.
Pleasure is often the introduction to pain.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
May you never forget what is worth remembering, nor ever remember what is best forgotten
May you never forget what is worth remembering, nor ever remember what is best forgotten
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait.
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait.
Let not a god interfere unless where a god's assistance is
necessary. [Adopt extreme measures only in extreme cases.]
Let not a god interfere unless where a god's assistance is
necessary. [Adopt extreme measures only in extreme cases.]
So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.
So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.
Every fat (vat) must stand upon its bottom.
Every fat (vat) must stand upon its bottom.
None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most
delighted.
None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most
delighted.