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We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
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We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow degrees, by more and more,
The cloudy summits of our time.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.
He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.
He blames Neptune unjustly who twice suffers shipwreck.
He blames Neptune unjustly who twice suffers shipwreck.
Time rolls his ceaseless course.
Time rolls his ceaseless course.
I give not gold for mere expectations.
I give not gold for mere expectations.
No day so clear but hath dark clouds.
No day so clear but hath dark clouds.
A woman the leader of the enterprise.
A woman the leader of the enterprise.