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It is good to have some friends both in heaven and hell.
It is good to have some friends both in heaven and hell.
In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.
In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.
The remedy is worse than the disease.
The remedy is worse than the disease.
The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.
The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have read more
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have died away,
And clouds, beneath the glancing ray,
Melt off, and leave the land and sea
Sleeping in bright tranquillity.
Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store.
Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store.
He did not care a button for it.
He did not care a button for it.
. . . all who joy would win
Must share it.--Happiness was born a twin.
. . . all who joy would win
Must share it.--Happiness was born a twin.