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Our sincerest laughter
With some pain is fraught:
Our sweetest songs are those which tell of saddest read more
Our sincerest laughter
With some pain is fraught:
Our sweetest songs are those which tell of saddest thought.
Good things soon find a purchaser.
Good things soon find a purchaser.
That, which has not its alternation of rest, will not last long.
That, which has not its alternation of rest, will not last long.
He that is master of himself will soon be master of others.
He that is master of himself will soon be master of others.
He who surpasses or subdues mankind,
Must look down on the hate of those below.
He who surpasses or subdues mankind,
Must look down on the hate of those below.
Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.
Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.
Apollo does not always bend his bow.
Apollo does not always bend his bow.
And maidens call it--Love in idleness.
And maidens call it--Love in idleness.
