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There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your read more
There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.
Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
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Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
She either gives a stomach and no food--
Such are the poor, in health--or else a feast
And takes away the stomach-- such are the rich,
That have abundance, and enjoy it not.
An Idle youth, a needy Age.
An Idle youth, a needy Age.
When things are at the worst they sometimes mend.
When things are at the worst they sometimes mend.
Old praise dies, unlesse you feede it.
Old praise dies, unlesse you feede it.
He burns us by his brightness. [We are vexed at his manifest
superiority.]
He burns us by his brightness. [We are vexed at his manifest
superiority.]
Stained
With grief, that's beauty's canter.
Stained
With grief, that's beauty's canter.
