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Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.
Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.
Patience is sorrow's salve.
Patience is sorrow's salve.
Little losses amaze, great tame.
Little losses amaze, great tame.
It is engendered in the eyes;
By gazing fed; and fancy dies
In the cradle where it read more
It is engendered in the eyes;
By gazing fed; and fancy dies
In the cradle where it lies.
The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.
The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth
the law, happy is he.
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth
the law, happy is he.
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
He may as well not thank at all, who thanks when none are by.
He may as well not thank at all, who thanks when none are by.
All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
