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Small showers last long, but sudden storms are short.
Small showers last long, but sudden storms are short.
Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain.
Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain.
Defer not till to-morrow to be wise,
To-morrow's sun to thee may never rise.
Defer not till to-morrow to be wise,
To-morrow's sun to thee may never rise.
He that is at ease seekes dainties.
He that is at ease seekes dainties.
Passion and shame torment him, and rage is mingled with his
grief.
Passion and shame torment him, and rage is mingled with his
grief.
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
Knowledge is folly, except grace guide it.
Knowledge is folly, except grace guide it.
How do our philosophers act? Do they not inscribe their
signatures to the very essays they write on the read more
How do our philosophers act? Do they not inscribe their
signatures to the very essays they write on the propriety of
despising glory.
