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Good workemen are seldome rich.
Good workemen are seldome rich.
But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.
But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.
It is best to know the worst at once.
It is best to know the worst at once.
Impotent fury rages powerless and to no purpose.
Impotent fury rages powerless and to no purpose.
Hope springs eternal in the human breast,
Man never is, but always to be blest.
Hope springs eternal in the human breast,
Man never is, but always to be blest.
None is offended but by himselfe.
None is offended but by himselfe.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in
horses is to be found the read more
The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in
horses is to be found the excellence of their sire; nor do savage
eagles produce a peaceful dove.
[Lat., Fortes creantur fortibus et bonis;
Est in juvenis, est in equibus patrum
Virtus; nee imbellem feroces
Progenerant aquilae columbam.]
