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He will go back to the old faith he learnt
Beside his mother's knee.
He will go back to the old faith he learnt
Beside his mother's knee.
Often do the spirits
Of great events stride on before the events,
And in to-day already walks read more
Often do the spirits
Of great events stride on before the events,
And in to-day already walks to-morrow.
Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.
Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.
Catch the opportunity while it lasts, and rely not on what the
morrow may bring.
Catch the opportunity while it lasts, and rely not on what the
morrow may bring.
The mind still longs for what it has missed, and loses itself in
the contemplation of the past.
The mind still longs for what it has missed, and loses itself in
the contemplation of the past.
A gentlemans grayhound, and a salt-box; seeke them at the fire.
A gentlemans grayhound, and a salt-box; seeke them at the fire.
In hard times, no less than in prosperity, preserve equanimity.
In hard times, no less than in prosperity, preserve equanimity.
An intemperate patient makes a harsh doctor.
An intemperate patient makes a harsh doctor.
All men do not admire and delight in the same objects.
All men do not admire and delight in the same objects.