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Evils have their comfort, good none can support.
Evils have their comfort, good none can support.
Oh, sweet youth, how soon it fades!
Sweet joys of youth, how fleeting!
Oh, sweet youth, how soon it fades!
Sweet joys of youth, how fleeting!
A gentle heart is tyed with an easie thread.
A gentle heart is tyed with an easie thread.
I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.
I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.
We are slow to believe that which, if true, would grieve us.
We are slow to believe that which, if true, would grieve us.
O well for him whose will is strong,
He suffers, but he will not suffer long.
O well for him whose will is strong,
He suffers, but he will not suffer long.
Simple is the language of truth.
Simple is the language of truth.
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the read more
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position of others,
dissatisfied with our own.]
Love makes all hard hearts gentle.
Love makes all hard hearts gentle.
