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Honour and profit lie not in one sacke.
Honour and profit lie not in one sacke.
Every madman considers everyone else a madman.
Every madman considers everyone else a madman.
Patience revels in misfortunes.
Patience revels in misfortunes.
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
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'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
Of darken'd forms and faces.
The filth under the white snow, the sunne discovers.
The filth under the white snow, the sunne discovers.