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My sun has not yet set for ever.
My sun has not yet set for ever.
But man, proud man,
Drest in a little brief authority,--
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
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But man, proud man,
Drest in a little brief authority,--
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
As make the angels weep.
Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from
betraying guilt!
[Heu! quam difficile est crimen non read more
Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from
betraying guilt!
[Heu! quam difficile est crimen non prodere vultu.]
We should all endure our own grievances rather than detract from
the comforts of others.
We should all endure our own grievances rather than detract from
the comforts of others.
He that hath lands hath quarrells.
He that hath lands hath quarrells.
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
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Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land!
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd,
As home his footsteps he hath turn'd,
From wandering on a foreign strand!
Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud.
Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud.
He that measures not himselfe, is measured.
He that measures not himselfe, is measured.
Wealth is like rheume, it falles on the weakest parts.
Wealth is like rheume, it falles on the weakest parts.