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But ask not thou if happiness be there,
If the loud laugh disguise convulsive throe,
Or if read more
But ask not thou if happiness be there,
If the loud laugh disguise convulsive throe,
Or if the brow the heart's true livery wear.
The habitual living in prosperity is most injurious.
The habitual living in prosperity is most injurious.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?
Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?
Good workemen are seldome rich.
Good workemen are seldome rich.
The river past, and God forgotten.
The river past, and God forgotten.
Fast bind, fast find--
A proverb never stale in thrifty mind.
Fast bind, fast find--
A proverb never stale in thrifty mind.
Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but enjoyed.
Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but enjoyed.
