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Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.
Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.
The deafe gaines the injury.
The deafe gaines the injury.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
When war is raging the laws are dumb.
When war is raging the laws are dumb.
Do you desire not to be angry? Be not inquisitive. He who
inquires what is said of him only read more
Do you desire not to be angry? Be not inquisitive. He who
inquires what is said of him only works out his own misery.
There is no reliance to be placed on appearance.
There is no reliance to be placed on appearance.
None but the brave deserve the fair.
None but the brave deserve the fair.
Restive horses must be roughly dealt with.
Restive horses must be roughly dealt with.
