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Of joys departed
Not to return, how painful the remembrance.
Of joys departed
Not to return, how painful the remembrance.
What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.
So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return
unto the ground; for out of read more
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return
unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou
art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Our liberality should not exceed our ability.
Our liberality should not exceed our ability.
A pleasure long expected is deare enough sold.
A pleasure long expected is deare enough sold.
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
