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In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.
In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.
Well does he sleep who knows not that his sleep has been broken.
Well does he sleep who knows not that his sleep has been broken.
Haste is productive of injury, and so is too much hesitation. He
is the wisest man who does everything read more
Haste is productive of injury, and so is too much hesitation. He
is the wisest man who does everything at the proper time.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
No wise man has called a change of opinion in constancy.
No wise man has called a change of opinion in constancy.
Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
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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.
The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.
The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.
Put your toong in your purse.
Put your toong in your purse.