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The present century was growing blind
To the great Marlborough's skill in giving knocks,
Until his late read more
The present century was growing blind
To the great Marlborough's skill in giving knocks,
Until his late life by Archdeacon Coxe.
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.
He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.
Let your mind, happily contented with the present, care not what
the morrow will bring with it.
Let your mind, happily contented with the present, care not what
the morrow will bring with it.
Work while your strength and years permit you; crooked age will
by-and-by come upon you with silent foot.
Work while your strength and years permit you; crooked age will
by-and-by come upon you with silent foot.
Can you restrain your laughter, my friends?
Can you restrain your laughter, my friends?
There is an order
Of mortals on the earth, who do become
Old in their youth, and read more
There is an order
Of mortals on the earth, who do become
Old in their youth, and die ere middle age.
Every madman considers everyone else a madman.
Every madman considers everyone else a madman.
Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.
Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.
For well-dowered wife, credit, friends, birth and beauty,
all-powerful money gives them all.
For well-dowered wife, credit, friends, birth and beauty,
all-powerful money gives them all.
