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A rugged stone growes smooth from hand to hand.
A rugged stone growes smooth from hand to hand.
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.
Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.
He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.
Wine-Counsels seldome prosper.
Wine-Counsels seldome prosper.
What the law will compel you to do, do of your own free will.
What the law will compel you to do, do of your own free will.
Honourable peace becomes men, fierce anger should belong to
beasts.
Honourable peace becomes men, fierce anger should belong to
beasts.
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.
