All that's bright must fade,--
The brightest still the fleetest;
All that's sweet was made
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All that's bright must fade,--
The brightest still the fleetest;
All that's sweet was made
But to be lost when sweetest.

Everyone has his besetting sin.

Everyone has his besetting sin.

But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?

But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?

We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
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We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow degrees, by more and more,
The cloudy summits of our time.

Let those love now, who never loved before,
Let those who always loved, now love the more.

Let those love now, who never loved before,
Let those who always loved, now love the more.

Time flies, as he flies, adds increase to her truth,
And gives to her mind what he steals from read more

Time flies, as he flies, adds increase to her truth,
And gives to her mind what he steals from her youth.

Wisedome hath one foot on Land, and another on Sea.

Wisedome hath one foot on Land, and another on Sea.

It's an ill aire where wee gaine nothing.

It's an ill aire where wee gaine nothing.

What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.

What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.