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On their own merits modest men are dumb.
On their own merits modest men are dumb.
It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.
It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.
He who says what he likes, must hear what he does not like.
He who says what he likes, must hear what he does not like.
The sense of death is most in apprehension.
The sense of death is most in apprehension.
Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak
Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.
Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak
Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.
To a boyling pot flies comes not.
[To a boiling pot flies come not.]
To a boyling pot flies comes not.
[To a boiling pot flies come not.]
Learned or unlearned we all must be scribbling.
Learned or unlearned we all must be scribbling.
Love's mind of judgment rarely hath a taste:
Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.
Love's mind of judgment rarely hath a taste:
Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.
