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Life like an empty dream flits by.
Life like an empty dream flits by.
An undertaking beset with danger.
An undertaking beset with danger.
Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.
Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.
The Fox knowes much, but more he that catcheth him.
The Fox knowes much, but more he that catcheth him.
Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some read more
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some dang'rous taint they bear;
So roses grow on thorns, and honey wears a sting.
A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light.
A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light.
Something must be allowed to custom.
Something must be allowed to custom.
To err is human, but to persevere in error is only the act of a
fool.
[Lat., Cujusvis read more
To err is human, but to persevere in error is only the act of a
fool.
[Lat., Cujusvis hominis est errare, nullius nisi insipientis in
errore perseverare.]
