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The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.
The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.
Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.
Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.
 Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
 Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
  And the sad read more 
 Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
 Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
  And the sad truth, which hovers o'er my desk,
   Turns what was once romantic to burlesque. 
 The sense of death is most in apprehension,
 And the poor beetle that we tread upon
  In read more 
 The sense of death is most in apprehension,
 And the poor beetle that we tread upon
  In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great
   As when a giant dies. 
Patience is the remedy for every misfortune.
Patience is the remedy for every misfortune.
 It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave 
fault to speak of matters read more 
 It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave 
fault to speak of matters on which we should be silent. 
To err is human, to forgive, divine.
To err is human, to forgive, divine.
 And with them words of so sweet breath composed
 As made the things more rich.  
 And with them words of so sweet breath composed
 As made the things more rich. 
 He makes himself ridiculous who is for ever repeating the same 
mistake.  
 He makes himself ridiculous who is for ever repeating the same 
mistake.