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I strive to mould circumstances to myself, not myself to
circumstances.
I strive to mould circumstances to myself, not myself to
circumstances.
After a bad harvest sow again. [Yield not to difficulties.]
After a bad harvest sow again. [Yield not to difficulties.]
He that will enter into Paradise, must have a good key.
He that will enter into Paradise, must have a good key.
But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
Some mute, inglorious Milton here may rest.
Some mute, inglorious Milton here may rest.
He who would not be indolent, let him fall in love.
He who would not be indolent, let him fall in love.
Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel.
Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel.
No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his
duty to avoid.
No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his
duty to avoid.
And on her lover's arm she leant,
And round her waist she felt it fold,
And far read more
And on her lover's arm she leant,
And round her waist she felt it fold,
And far across the hills they went,
In that new world that is the old.