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Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
Every man makes a god of his own desire.
Every man makes a god of his own desire.
Originality provokes originality.
Originality provokes originality.
Your pot broken seemes better then my whole one.
Your pot broken seemes better then my whole one.
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the read more
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position of others,
dissatisfied with our own.]
The eye will have his part.
The eye will have his part.
There rose no day, there roll'd no hour
Of pleasure unembitter'd;
And not a trapping deck'd my read more
There rose no day, there roll'd no hour
Of pleasure unembitter'd;
And not a trapping deck'd my power,
That gall'd not while it glitter'd.
Check the beginning of evil; the remedy is too late when the
disease by delay has increased in strength.
Check the beginning of evil; the remedy is too late when the
disease by delay has increased in strength.