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His eyes
Were with his heart. and that was far away.
His eyes
Were with his heart. and that was far away.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
And quick his colour went and came,
As fear and rage alternate rose.
And quick his colour went and came,
As fear and rage alternate rose.
The heart of kings is unsearchable.
The heart of kings is unsearchable.
The maxims of men reveal their characters.
[Fr., Les maximes des hommes decelent leur coeur.]
The maxims of men reveal their characters.
[Fr., Les maximes des hommes decelent leur coeur.]
O let not women's weapons, water-drops,
Stain my man's cheeks!
O let not women's weapons, water-drops,
Stain my man's cheeks!
Nature never says one thing, and science another.
Nature never says one thing, and science another.
Let no man seek
Henceforth to be foretold that shall befall
Him or his children.
Let no man seek
Henceforth to be foretold that shall befall
Him or his children.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
