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Seeming genial, venial fault.
Seeming genial, venial fault.
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
 He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause 
for sorrow has arisen.  
 He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause 
for sorrow has arisen. 
 But ask not thou if happiness be there,
 If the loud laugh disguise convulsive throe,
  Or if read more 
 But ask not thou if happiness be there,
 If the loud laugh disguise convulsive throe,
  Or if the brow the heart's true livery wear. 
With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye.
With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye.
 When a man is pleased with the lot of others, he is dissatisfied 
with his own, as a matter read more 
 When a man is pleased with the lot of others, he is dissatisfied 
with his own, as a matter of course. 
 He who gives himself airs of importance, exhibits the credentials 
of impotence.  
 He who gives himself airs of importance, exhibits the credentials 
of impotence. 
Wisely, I say, I am a bachelor.
Wisely, I say, I am a bachelor.