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Little we heed the tempest drear,
While music, mirth, and social cheer,
Speed on their wings the read more
Little we heed the tempest drear,
While music, mirth, and social cheer,
Speed on their wings the passing year.
If the fish had not opened its mouth, it would not have been
caught.
If the fish had not opened its mouth, it would not have been
caught.
To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an
injustice in itself; to expect read more
To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an
injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the
unjust, is simple folly.
Men who ape the saint and play the sinner.
Men who ape the saint and play the sinner.
'Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.
'Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.
That delay is our surest protection which enables us to
deliberate on the merits of our intentions.
That delay is our surest protection which enables us to
deliberate on the merits of our intentions.
So--now the danger dared at last,
Look back and smile at perils past!
So--now the danger dared at last,
Look back and smile at perils past!
The second best times tend to be more difficult.
The second best times tend to be more difficult.
When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
