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We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.
We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.
The word "impossible" is not in my dictionary.
The word "impossible" is not in my dictionary.
When a man sleepes, his head is in his stomach.
When a man sleepes, his head is in his stomach.
Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze.
Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze.
Although the last, not least.
Although the last, not least.
He told me once
The saddest thing that can befall the soul,
Is when it loses faith read more
He told me once
The saddest thing that can befall the soul,
Is when it loses faith in God and woman,
For he had lost them both. Lost I those gems,
Though the world's throne stood open in my path,
I would go wandering back into my childhood,
Searching for them with tears.
Follow not truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth.
Follow not truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth.
On their own merits modest men are dumb.
On their own merits modest men are dumb.
The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.
The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.
