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A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light.
A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light.
He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.
He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.
Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
Common report is not always wrong.
Common report is not always wrong.
Old praise dies, unlesse you feede it.
Old praise dies, unlesse you feede it.
Catch, then, O catch the transient hour;
Improve each moment as it flies!
Catch, then, O catch the transient hour;
Improve each moment as it flies!
Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]
Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]
Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.
Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the read more
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position of others,
dissatisfied with our own.]
