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He is a fool who thinks by force or skill,
To turn the current of a woman's will.
He is a fool who thinks by force or skill,
To turn the current of a woman's will.
How sweet the task to shield an absent friend!
I ask but this of mine to--not defend.
How sweet the task to shield an absent friend!
I ask but this of mine to--not defend.
There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
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There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock;
the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man
with a maid.
Nothing is so difficult but that man will accomplish it.
Nothing is so difficult but that man will accomplish it.
The reasons of the poore weigh not.
The reasons of the poore weigh not.
Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.
Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.
I talk of cheese, you of chalk.
I talk of cheese, you of chalk.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.
