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Who will think that the gods can be insulted with impunity?
Who will think that the gods can be insulted with impunity?
A friend always loves, but he who loves is not always a friend.
A friend always loves, but he who loves is not always a friend.
An Idle youth, a needy Age.
An Idle youth, a needy Age.
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
The descent to the infernal regions is easy enough, but to
retrace one's steps, and reach the air above, read more
The descent to the infernal regions is easy enough, but to
retrace one's steps, and reach the air above, there's the rub.
A mans discontent is his worst evill.
A mans discontent is his worst evill.
I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!
I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!
Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
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Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
Of guiltless joy that guilt can know.
A word spoken in due season, how good is it!
A word spoken in due season, how good is it!
