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If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.
In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
We are deceived by the semblance of what is just.
We are deceived by the semblance of what is just.
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.
There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
The way read more
There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock;
the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man
with a maid.
When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.
When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.
There was not a greater gourmand living.
There was not a greater gourmand living.
Oh, sweet youth, how soon it fades!
Sweet joys of youth, how fleeting!
Oh, sweet youth, how soon it fades!
Sweet joys of youth, how fleeting!