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What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.
(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.
Such as she is, who died to-day,
Such thou alas! mayst be to-morrow.
Such as she is, who died to-day,
Such thou alas! mayst be to-morrow.
All was false and hollow, though his tongue
Dropt manna, and could make the worst appear
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All was false and hollow, though his tongue
Dropt manna, and could make the worst appear
The better reason.
Hence ye profane; I hate ye all;
Both the great vulgar, and the small.
Hence ye profane; I hate ye all;
Both the great vulgar, and the small.
It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone
his way, then he boasteth.
It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone
his way, then he boasteth.
Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money.
Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money.
The cause ceasing, the effect ceases also.
The cause ceasing, the effect ceases also.
