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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.
No one can have all he desires.
No one can have all he desires.
It is hard to abstain from writing satire.
It is hard to abstain from writing satire.
Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.
Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.
These are the evils which result from gossiping habits.
These are the evils which result from gossiping habits.
To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him
at all.
To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him
at all.
His eyes
Were with his heart. and that was far away.
His eyes
Were with his heart. and that was far away.
Behold him in conceited circles sail,
Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff,
In all his pomp read more
Behold him in conceited circles sail,
Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff,
In all his pomp of pageantry, as if
He felt the eyes of Europe on his tail.
Take heede of still waters, the quick passe away.
[Take heed of still waters, they quick pass away.]
Take heede of still waters, the quick passe away.
[Take heed of still waters, they quick pass away.]