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Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim.
Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim.
Men at some time are masters of their fates.
Men at some time are masters of their fates.
The pupil will eclipse his tutor, I warrant.
The pupil will eclipse his tutor, I warrant.
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a read more
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a harder task to prove--
By firm resolve to conquer love!
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be read more
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be holp by backward turning;
One desperate grief cures with another's languish.
Happy, twice happy, you who dwell in the country, if you only
knew the pleasures which surround you!
Happy, twice happy, you who dwell in the country, if you only
knew the pleasures which surround you!
Honourable peace becomes men, fierce anger should belong to
beasts.
Honourable peace becomes men, fierce anger should belong to
beasts.
A fool must now and then be right by chance.
A fool must now and then be right by chance.
Presents of love fear not to be ill taken of strangers.
Presents of love fear not to be ill taken of strangers.
