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We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes
us.
We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes
us.
We are worthless fowl, hatched from unlucky eggs.
We are worthless fowl, hatched from unlucky eggs.
And on her lover's arm she leant,
And round her waist she felt it fold,
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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.
In man's most dark extremity
Oft succor dawns from Heaven.
In man's most dark extremity
Oft succor dawns from Heaven.
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
The next way home's the farthest way about.
The next way home's the farthest way about.
He, who will not pardon others, must not himself expect pardon.
He, who will not pardon others, must not himself expect pardon.
Health and sicknesse surely are mens double enemies.
Health and sicknesse surely are mens double enemies.
