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Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
He that is afraid of leaves, goes not to the wood.
He that is afraid of leaves, goes not to the wood.
Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
Poor and content is rich, and rich enough;
But riches fineless is as poor as winter
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Poor and content is rich, and rich enough;
But riches fineless is as poor as winter
To him that ever fears he shall be poor.
Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy read more
Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy took its wing;
I sat, but neither heard nor saw.
Something must be allowed to custom.
Something must be allowed to custom.
In the morning mountaines, in the evening fountaines.
In the morning mountaines, in the evening fountaines.
Not treasured wealth, nor the consul's lictor, can dispel the
mind's bitter conflicts and the cares that flit, like read more
Not treasured wealth, nor the consul's lictor, can dispel the
mind's bitter conflicts and the cares that flit, like bats, about
your fretted roofs.
He, who will not pardon others, must not himself expect pardon.
He, who will not pardon others, must not himself expect pardon.