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I strive to mould circumstances to myself, not myself to
circumstances.
I strive to mould circumstances to myself, not myself to
circumstances.
It will please though ten times repeated.
It will please though ten times repeated.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.
Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin.
[The fable of frog and the cow.]
The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin.
[The fable of frog and the cow.]
The eagle suffers little birds to sing,
And is not careful what they mean thereby,
Knowing that read more
The eagle suffers little birds to sing,
And is not careful what they mean thereby,
Knowing that with the shadow of his wings
He can at pleasure stint their melody:
Even so mayest thou the giddy men of Rome.
Just then, as by the tumult riven,
Poured down at once the lowering heaven.
Just then, as by the tumult riven,
Poured down at once the lowering heaven.
