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Each age has deemed the new-born year
The fittest time for festal cheer.
Each age has deemed the new-born year
The fittest time for festal cheer.
Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.
Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.
Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]
Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]
No lock will hold against the power of gold.
No lock will hold against the power of gold.
Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient
for me.
Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient
for me.
One woe doth tread upon another's heel,
So fast they follow.
One woe doth tread upon another's heel,
So fast they follow.
Hee that lives ill, feare followes him.
Hee that lives ill, feare followes him.
A gentle heart is tyed with an easie thread.
A gentle heart is tyed with an easie thread.
