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1. Abstain from others' goods let not thy mouth

First Line:: Abstain from others' goods let not thy mouth
Last Line:: Be prone to lies but always utter truth
DMI number:: 30306

2. Art and assiduous care must join

First Line:: Art and assiduous care must join
Last Line:: Soon to religious phrenzy turns
DMI number:: 30248

3. Attend the advice

First Line:: Attend the advice
Last Line:: Make you pious and kind
DMI number:: 30247

4. Be all thy passions with the mean endowed

First Line:: Be all thy passions with the mean endowed
Last Line:: Nothing to great too lofty or too proud
DMI number:: 30329

5. Be always temperate shameful deeds eschew

First Line:: Be always temperate shameful deeds eschew
Last Line:: Choose not with mischief mischief to pursue
DMI number:: 30336

6. Be not too sparing know thou art mortal made

First Line:: Be not too sparing know thou art mortal made
Last Line:: The soul alone's exempt from all decay
DMI number:: 30349

7. Bear not false witness let thy words be just

First Line:: Bear not false witness let thy words be just
Last Line:: Preserve thy chastity and keep thy trust
DMI number:: 30309

8. Better to let a stranger find with haste

First Line:: Better to let a stranger find with haste
Last Line:: The formal dainties of a gaudy treat
DMI number:: 30340

9. By a designed or an uncertain oath

First Line:: By a designed or an uncertain oath
Last Line:: Is a foul crime the eternal god detests
DMI number:: 30311

10. By adverse fortune be not quite subdued

First Line:: By adverse fortune be not quite subdued
Last Line:: Nor too much lifted up with joy at good
DMI number:: 30350

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