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Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
God comes to see without a bell.
God comes to see without a bell.
Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
Not treasured wealth, nor the consul's lictor, can dispel the
mind's bitter conflicts and the cares that flit, like read more
Not treasured wealth, nor the consul's lictor, can dispel the
mind's bitter conflicts and the cares that flit, like bats, about
your fretted roofs.
What is harder than stone?
What more soft than water?
Nevertheless hard though the rock be, it read more
What is harder than stone?
What more soft than water?
Nevertheless hard though the rock be, it is hollowed by the wave.
'Tis neither here nor there.
'Tis neither here nor there.
It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back.
It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back.
Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!
Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!
You may be on land, yet not in a garden.
You may be on land, yet not in a garden.
