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'Tis not the fight that crowns us, but the end.
'Tis not the fight that crowns us, but the end.
Young in limbs, in judgment old.
Young in limbs, in judgment old.
The tree that God plants, no winde hurts it.
The tree that God plants, no winde hurts it.
Men at some times are masters of their fates.
Men at some times are masters of their fates.
To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]
To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]
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.]
Punishment follows close on the heels of crime.
Punishment follows close on the heels of crime.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last read more
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time,
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death.