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Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better
able to bear your own.
Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better
able to bear your own.
Let those love now, who never loved before,
Let those who always loved, now love the more.
Let those love now, who never loved before,
Let those who always loved, now love the more.
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock,
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Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock,
and it shall be opened unto you:
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth;
and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
Variety's the very spice of life,
That gives it all its flavour.
Variety's the very spice of life,
That gives it all its flavour.
I follow him, to serve my turn upon him.
I follow him, to serve my turn upon him.
Men's language is as their lives.
Men's language is as their lives.
Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
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Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
Our own experience preaches.