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Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
Little losses amaze, great tame.
Little losses amaze, great tame.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
There is no reliance to be placed on appearance.
There is no reliance to be placed on appearance.
An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.
An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.
What one day gives us, another takes away from us.
What one day gives us, another takes away from us.
Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
A wise man needes not blush for changing his purpose.
A wise man needes not blush for changing his purpose.
Such as she is, who died to-day,
Such thou alas! mayst be to-morrow.
Such as she is, who died to-day,
Such thou alas! mayst be to-morrow.
