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Though fame is smoke,
Its fumes are frankincense to human thought.
Though fame is smoke,
Its fumes are frankincense to human thought.
The best mirrour is an old friend.
The best mirrour is an old friend.
He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
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He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
if attacked by another, that man is a scoundrel.
And there is a worm in the lonely wood,
That pierces the liver and blackens the blood,
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And there is a worm in the lonely wood,
That pierces the liver and blackens the blood,
And makes it a sorrow to be.
Let your mind, happily contented with the present, care not what
the morrow will bring with it.
Let your mind, happily contented with the present, care not what
the morrow will bring with it.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.
'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.
