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Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.
Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.
I'll put a spoke among your wheels.
I'll put a spoke among your wheels.
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
All is well with him, who is beloved of his neighbours.
All is well with him, who is beloved of his neighbours.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
Sweet are the uses of adversity,
Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious read more
Sweet are the uses of adversity,
Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
For man is man, and master of his fate.
For man is man, and master of his fate.
My sun has not yet set for ever.
My sun has not yet set for ever.