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Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength.
Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength.
He who moves not forward, goes backward
He who moves not forward, goes backward
Any life, no matter how long and complex it may be, is made up of a single moment - the read more
Any life, no matter how long and complex it may be, is made up of a single moment - the moment in which a man finds out, once and for all, who he is.
 Then bless thy secret growth, nor catch
 At noise, but thrive unseen and dumb;
  Keep clean, be read more 
 Then bless thy secret growth, nor catch
 At noise, but thrive unseen and dumb;
  Keep clean, be as fruit, earn life, and watch,
   Till the white-wing'd reapers come. 
When something (an affliction) happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.
When something (an affliction) happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.
 Jock, when he hae naething else to do, ye may be aye sticking in 
a tree; it will be read more 
 Jock, when he hae naething else to do, ye may be aye sticking in 
a tree; it will be growing, Jock, when ye're sleeping. 
 Arts and sciences are not cast in a mould, but are found and 
perfected by degrees, by often handling read more 
 Arts and sciences are not cast in a mould, but are found and 
perfected by degrees, by often handling and polishing, as bears 
leisurely lick their clubs into shape. 
 Gard'ner, for telling me these news of woe,
 Pray God the plants thou graft'st may never grow.  
 Gard'ner, for telling me these news of woe,
 Pray God the plants thou graft'st may never grow. 
 O, my lord,
 You said that idle weeds are fast in growth:
  The prince my brother hath read more 
 O, my lord,
 You said that idle weeds are fast in growth:
  The prince my brother hath outgrown me far.