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No one can have all he desires.
No one can have all he desires.
For man may pious texts repeat,
And yet religion have no inward seat.
For man may pious texts repeat,
And yet religion have no inward seat.
Patience is sorrow's salve.
Patience is sorrow's salve.
Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer.
Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer.
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall
take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient read more
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall
take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day
is the evil thereof.
Know how sublime a thing it is
To suffer and be strong.
Know how sublime a thing it is
To suffer and be strong.
An injury may prove a blessing.
An injury may prove a blessing.
Early, bright, transient, chaste, as morning dew
She sparkled, was exhal'd, and went to heaven.
Early, bright, transient, chaste, as morning dew
She sparkled, was exhal'd, and went to heaven.
A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.
A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.