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He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.
He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.
Mix with your grave designs a little pleasure;
Each day of business has its hour of leisure.
Mix with your grave designs a little pleasure;
Each day of business has its hour of leisure.
So obliging that he ne'er obliged.
So obliging that he ne'er obliged.
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall
take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient read more
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall
take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day
is the evil thereof.
Love and dignity do not dwell together.
Love and dignity do not dwell together.
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
Sop to Cerebus.
If I can find Cerebus a sop, I shall be at rest for one day.
Sop to Cerebus.
If I can find Cerebus a sop, I shall be at rest for one day.
Think nought a trifle, though it small appear;
Small sands the mountain, moments make the year,
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Think nought a trifle, though it small appear;
Small sands the mountain, moments make the year,
And trifles life.
The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.
The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.
