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God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
He that feares death lives not.
He that feares death lives not.
Like a dog he hunts in dreams.
Like a dog he hunts in dreams.
Alas, by what trivial causes is greatness overthrown!
Alas, by what trivial causes is greatness overthrown!
Never without a shilling in my purse.
Never without a shilling in my purse.
Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.
Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.
He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had
cast himself from a precipice.
He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had
cast himself from a precipice.
O well for him whose will is strong,
He suffers, but he will not suffer long.
O well for him whose will is strong,
He suffers, but he will not suffer long.
All that shakes falles not.
All that shakes falles not.
