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A friend is a second self.
A friend is a second self.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent
without hope.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent
without hope.
No one can have all he desires.
No one can have all he desires.
An undertaking beset with danger.
An undertaking beset with danger.
Had you the world on your Chesse-bord, you could not fill all to
your mind.
Had you the world on your Chesse-bord, you could not fill all to
your mind.
Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
Life like an empty dream flits by.
Life like an empty dream flits by.
Ther's no great banquet but some fares ill.
Ther's no great banquet but some fares ill.
