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He that would enjoy the fruit must not gather the flower.

When such words as these I hear
From the lips of boy or girl,
Oft they make me doubt and fear:
Never say it.

Boys and girls that nimbly play,
Never say it.

They can jump and run away,
Skip and toss and play their pranks;
Even dull ones, when they're gay,
Never say it.

Never mind how hard the task,
Never say it.

Find some one who knows, and ask,
Till you have your lesson learned:
Never mind how hard the task,
Never say it.

Men who do the noblest deeds
Never say it.

He who lacks the strength he needs
Tries his best and gets it soon,
And at last he, too, succeeds-
Never say it.

But when evil tempts to wrong,
Always say it.

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your virtue firm and strong, Drive the tempter from your sight; And when follies round you throng, Ever say it.

When good actions call you near,
Never say it.

Drive away the rising fear,
Get your strength where good
men do,

All your path will then be clear.
Would you find a happy year?
Would you save a sorrowing tear?
Never say it.

WORK AND PLAY.

WORK while you work,
Play while you play,
That is the way

To be cheerful and gay.
All that you do,

Do with your might;
Things done by halves
Are never done right,

One thing each time,

And that done well,
Is a very good rule,
As many can tell.
Moments are useless
Trifled away;

So work while you work,
Play while you play.

Virtue is the health and beauty of the soul.

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Money is a useful servant, but a bad master.

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However little we have to do, let us do that little well.

NE day, when Susan had mislaid some of her sewing work, she became quite vexed, and began to fret and scold. "I can never keep anything. Somebody always takes my things and loses them," cried Susan.

It was no uncommon thing for her to be so fretful, and her mother was desirous of causing her to see how ugly such a habit made her appear, that she might overcome it.

On this day, when Susan commenced her fretting, her mother kindly remarked, "There is one thing that I think you might keep, if you would try."

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I should like to keep even one thing," answered Susan.

"Well, then, my dear, keep your temper; if you will only do that, you will find it more easy to keep other things.

"Now, if you had employed the time in searching for the missing articles, which you have spent in fretting, you might have found them before this time; but you have not even looked for them.

"You have allowed yourself to get in a passion, which is a very

Besides, by getting in a passion, you became guilty of two sins; one of being in a passion, and the other of accusing somebody of causing it.

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'Now, my dear, let me entreat you to keep your temper. By so doing you will be more happy, and your friends will love you better."

Susan listened very quietly to her Mother's kind remarks, and thought of her own foolish action, and resolved to try to overcome her bad habit.

After a brief search for the articles she had lost, she found them in her work-bag.

The mill cannot grind with the water that is past.

When the conscience is quiet the sleep is sound.

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