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Sinks my sad soul with sorrow to the grave.
Sinks my sad soul with sorrow to the grave.
O, sorrow!
Why dost borrow
Heart's lightness from the merriment of May?
O, sorrow!
Why dost borrow
Heart's lightness from the merriment of May?
No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very well, ever loses his self-respect.
No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very well, ever loses his self-respect.
Alas! sorrow from happiness is oft evolved.
[Ger., Ach! aus dem Gluck entwickelt oft sich Schmerz.]
Alas! sorrow from happiness is oft evolved.
[Ger., Ach! aus dem Gluck entwickelt oft sich Schmerz.]
For of Fortune's sharpe adversite,
The worste kynde of infortune is this,
A man to hav bent read more
For of Fortune's sharpe adversite,
The worste kynde of infortune is this,
A man to hav bent in prosperite,
And it remembren whan it passed is.
Sorrow preys upon
Its solitude, and nothing more diverts it
From its sad visions of the other read more
Sorrow preys upon
Its solitude, and nothing more diverts it
From its sad visions of the other world
Than calling it at moments back to this.
The busy have no time for tears.
Tears are words the heart can't express
Tears are words the heart can't express
Undertake something that is difficult; it will do you good. Unless you try to do something beyond what you have read more
Undertake something that is difficult; it will do you good. Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.
Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.
Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.
