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Peace, and Patience, and death with repentance.
Peace, and Patience, and death with repentance.
Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.
Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.
He has no other recommendation, save an assumed and crafty
solemnity of demeanour.
He has no other recommendation, save an assumed and crafty
solemnity of demeanour.
A gift much expected is paid, not given.
A gift much expected is paid, not given.
Not treasured wealth, nor the consul's lictor, can dispel the
mind's bitter conflicts and the cares that flit, like read more
Not treasured wealth, nor the consul's lictor, can dispel the
mind's bitter conflicts and the cares that flit, like bats, about
your fretted roofs.
The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
Accursed poison lies hid beneath sweet honey.
Accursed poison lies hid beneath sweet honey.
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
From the disease of one the whole flock perishes.
From the disease of one the whole flock perishes.
