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It will please though ten times repeated.
It will please though ten times repeated.
No day is wholly unproductive of good.
No day is wholly unproductive of good.
Patience revels in misfortunes.
Patience revels in misfortunes.
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which
is without discretion.
As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which
is without discretion.
How fallen, how changed
From him, who, in the happy realms of light,
Clothed with transcendent brightness, read more
How fallen, how changed
From him, who, in the happy realms of light,
Clothed with transcendent brightness, didst outshine
Myriads, though bright.
Then happy those, beloved of heaven,
To whom the mingled cup is given;
Whose lenient sorrow find read more
Then happy those, beloved of heaven,
To whom the mingled cup is given;
Whose lenient sorrow find relief,
Whose joys are chastened by their grief.
