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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.
What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful.
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful.
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
Hee that blowes in the dust fills his eyes with it.
Hee that blowes in the dust fills his eyes with it.
Know, prudent cautious self-control
Is wisdom's root.
Know, prudent cautious self-control
Is wisdom's root.
No scene of mortal life but teems with mortal woe.
No scene of mortal life but teems with mortal woe.
Every day in thy life is a leaf in thy history.
Every day in thy life is a leaf in thy history.
Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]
Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]
