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Fear not the future, weep not for the past.
Fear not the future, weep not for the past.
Whose nature is so far from doing harms,
That he suspects none.
Whose nature is so far from doing harms,
That he suspects none.
Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.
Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
A people without history is like the wind on the buffalo grass.
A people without history is like the wind on the buffalo grass.
Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age.
Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age.
Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
[Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]
And with them words of so sweet breath composed
As made the things more rich.
And with them words of so sweet breath composed
As made the things more rich.
What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
