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A friend always loves, but he who loves is not always a friend.
A friend always loves, but he who loves is not always a friend.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
In idle wishes fools supinely stay;
Be there a will,--and wisdom finds a way.
In idle wishes fools supinely stay;
Be there a will,--and wisdom finds a way.
Revenge and wrong bring forth their kind;
The foul cubs like their parents are.
Revenge and wrong bring forth their kind;
The foul cubs like their parents are.
Learned or unlearned we all must be scribbling.
Learned or unlearned we all must be scribbling.
Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.
Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.
