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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.
With winsome cruelty she refuses.
With winsome cruelty she refuses.
The faults of his adored escape the notice of the blind admirer.
The faults of his adored escape the notice of the blind admirer.
He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
The question is yet before the court.
The question is yet before the court.
'Tis strange, but true: for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction.
'Tis strange, but true: for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction.
There is an order
Of mortals on the earth, who do become
Old in their youth, and read more
There is an order
Of mortals on the earth, who do become
Old in their youth, and die ere middle age.
What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow read more
We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow degrees, by more and more,
The cloudy summits of our time.
