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A rugged stone growes smooth from hand to hand.
A rugged stone growes smooth from hand to hand.
He is the furthest from danger, who is on his guard even when in
safety.
He is the furthest from danger, who is on his guard even when in
safety.
And there is a worm in the lonely wood,
That pierces the liver and blackens the blood,
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And there is a worm in the lonely wood,
That pierces the liver and blackens the blood,
And makes it a sorrow to be.
Designedly God covers in dark night the issue of futurity.
Designedly God covers in dark night the issue of futurity.
We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
The fellow is either a madman or a poet.
The fellow is either a madman or a poet.
The hour of happiness which comes unexpectedly is the happiest.
The hour of happiness which comes unexpectedly is the happiest.
