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Consider an enemy may become a friend.
Consider an enemy may become a friend.
Man naturally yearns for novelty.
Man naturally yearns for novelty.
I'll potch at him some way;
Or wrath or craft may get him.
I'll potch at him some way;
Or wrath or craft may get him.
Nature never says one thing, and science another.
Nature never says one thing, and science another.
It is engendered in the eyes;
By gazing fed; and fancy dies
In the cradle where it read more
It is engendered in the eyes;
By gazing fed; and fancy dies
In the cradle where it lies.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
Passion and strife bow down the mind.
Passion and strife bow down the mind.
He burns us by his brightness. [We are vexed at his manifest
superiority.]
He burns us by his brightness. [We are vexed at his manifest
superiority.]
