Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.

Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.

Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
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Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike;
Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend,
A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend.

Light may come where all looks darkest,
Hope hath life, when life seems o'er.

Light may come where all looks darkest,
Hope hath life, when life seems o'er.

Let him be kept from paper, pen, and ink;
So may he cease to write, and learn to think.

Let him be kept from paper, pen, and ink;
So may he cease to write, and learn to think.

Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches
and honour.

Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches
and honour.

Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.

Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.

Either wealth is much increased, or moderation is much decayed.

Either wealth is much increased, or moderation is much decayed.

Better suffer ill, then doe ill.

Better suffer ill, then doe ill.

All that shakes falles not.

All that shakes falles not.