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As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
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.
The sharper is the berry, the sweeter is the wine.
The sharper is the berry, the sweeter is the wine.
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may read more
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.
Defer no time; delays have dangerous ends.
Defer no time; delays have dangerous ends.
The longest Day hath an Eueninge.
The longest Day hath an Eueninge.
The sad dislike those who are cheerful, and the cheerful dislike
the melancholy.
The sad dislike those who are cheerful, and the cheerful dislike
the melancholy.
Who backs his rigid Sabbath, so to speak,
Against the wicked remnant of the week."
Who backs his rigid Sabbath, so to speak,
Against the wicked remnant of the week."
