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When the heart is sick it cannot bear the slightest annoyance.
When the heart is sick it cannot bear the slightest annoyance.
Our fears vanish as the danger approaches.
Our fears vanish as the danger approaches.
 Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
 Old time is still a-flying;
  And this same flower that smiles read more 
 Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
 Old time is still a-flying;
  And this same flower that smiles to-day,
   To-morrow may be dying. 
Favours out of place I regard as positive injuries.
Favours out of place I regard as positive injuries.
 Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven 
pillars.  
 Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven 
pillars. 
Some falls the means are happier to rise.
Some falls the means are happier to rise.
 He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had 
cast himself from a precipice.  
 He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had 
cast himself from a precipice. 
 To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him 
at all.  
 To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him 
at all. 
Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.