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We neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and
heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those read more
We neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and
heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those which are afar
off.
The more skilful the gambler, the worse the man.
The more skilful the gambler, the worse the man.
In life you lov'd me not, in death you bewaile me.
In life you lov'd me not, in death you bewaile me.
Famed
For every branch of every science known.
Famed
For every branch of every science known.
The ill that comes out of our mouth falles into our bosome.
The ill that comes out of our mouth falles into our bosome.
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my read more
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land!
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd,
As home his footsteps he hath turn'd,
From wandering on a foreign strand!
The fellow is either a madman or a poet.
The fellow is either a madman or a poet.
He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.
He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.
