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Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.
Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.
Idle people have the least leisure.
Idle people have the least leisure.
To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat
Hogs among Jews, and Wine in read more
To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat
Hogs among Jews, and Wine in a fishing net.
We make allowance for necessity.
We make allowance for necessity.
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing read more
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike;
Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend,
A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend.
The river past, and God forgotten.
The river past, and God forgotten.
When you enter into a house, leave the anger ever at the doore.
When you enter into a house, leave the anger ever at the doore.
The honied tongue hath its poison.
The honied tongue hath its poison.
