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Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the
unfortunate.
Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the
unfortunate.
Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.
Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.
Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
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Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
To scorn delights, and live laborious days;
But the fair guerdon when we hope to find,
And think to burst out into sudden blaze,
Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears,
And slits the thin-spun life.
Perhaps the day may come when we shall remember these sufferings
with joy.
Perhaps the day may come when we shall remember these sufferings
with joy.
Who remove stones, bruise their fingers.
Who remove stones, bruise their fingers.
He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.
He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.
The honied tongue hath its poison.
The honied tongue hath its poison.
In the mouth of a bad dog fals often a good bone.
In the mouth of a bad dog fals often a good bone.
I am sure care's an enemy to life.
I am sure care's an enemy to life.
