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The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
Little losses amaze, great tame.
Little losses amaze, great tame.
The generous heart
Should scorn a pleasure which gives others pain.
The generous heart
Should scorn a pleasure which gives others pain.
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
Life like an empty dream flits by.
Life like an empty dream flits by.
They kindly leave us, but not quite alone,
But in good company, the gout or stone.
They kindly leave us, but not quite alone,
But in good company, the gout or stone.
What's done can't be undone.
[Fr., Ce qui est faicr ne se peult desfaire.]
What's done can't be undone.
[Fr., Ce qui est faicr ne se peult desfaire.]
The worst of law is, that one suit breedes twenty.
The worst of law is, that one suit breedes twenty.
Day treads upon the heels of day, and the new moons hasten to
their waning.
Day treads upon the heels of day, and the new moons hasten to
their waning.
