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The careful pilot of my proper woe.
The careful pilot of my proper woe.
 If I can stop one heart from breaking,
 I shall not live in vain;
  If I can read more 
 If I can stop one heart from breaking,
 I shall not live in vain;
  If I can ease one life the aching,
   Or cool one pain,
    Or help one fainting robin
     Into his nest again,
      I shall not live in vain. 
 To the man who himself strives earnestly, God also lends a 
helping hand.  
 To the man who himself strives earnestly, God also lends a 
helping hand. 
 Something that has always puzzled me all my life is why, when I 
am in special need of help, read more 
 Something that has always puzzled me all my life is why, when I 
am in special need of help, the good deed is usually done by 
somebody on whom I have no claim. 
 God helps everyone with what is his own.
 [Sp., Ayude Dios con lo suyo a cada uno.]  
 God helps everyone with what is his own.
 [Sp., Ayude Dios con lo suyo a cada uno.] 
God helps those who help themselves.
God helps those who help themselves.
All the things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams.
All the things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams.
 You will swim without cork (without help).
 [Lat., Nabis sine cortice.]  
 You will swim without cork (without help).
 [Lat., Nabis sine cortice.] 
 Truths would you teach, or save a sinking land?
 All fear, none aid you, and few understand.  
 Truths would you teach, or save a sinking land?
 All fear, none aid you, and few understand.