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'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print;
A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.
'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print;
A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
How the devil is it that fresh features
Have such a charm for us poor human creatures?
How the devil is it that fresh features
Have such a charm for us poor human creatures?
Even play has ended in fierce strife and anger.
Even play has ended in fierce strife and anger.
The mind ill at ease, the body suffers also.
The mind ill at ease, the body suffers also.
'Tis neither here nor there.
'Tis neither here nor there.
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
